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1. Integration of transcription regulation and functional genomic data reveals lncRNA SNHG6’s role in hematopoietic differentiation and leukemia

Author: Joshua M. Hazan, Raziel Amador, Tahleel Ali-Nasser, Tamar Lahav, Stav Roni Shotan, Miryam Steinberg, Ziv Cohen, Dvir Aran, David Meiri, Yehuda G. Assaraf, Roderic Guigó, and Assaf C. Bester
Subjects: lncRNA, CRISPR screening, Machine learning, Gene regulation, Hematopoiesis., Medicine
Abstract: Abstract Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are pivotal players in cellular processes, and their unique cell-type specific expression patterns render them attractive biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Yet, the functional roles of most lncRNAs remain enigmatic. To address the need to identify new druggable lncRNAs, we developed a comprehensive approach integrating transcription factor binding data with other genetic features to generate a machine learning model, which we have called INFLAMeR (Identifying Novel Functional LncRNAs with Advanced Machine Learning Resources). Methods INFLAMeR was trained on high-throughput CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) screens across seven cell lines, and the algorithm was based on 71 genetic features. To validate the predictions, we selected candidate lncRNAs in the human K562 leukemia cell line and determined the impact of their knockdown (KD) on cell proliferation and chemotherapeutic drug response. We further performed transcriptomic analysis for candidate genes. Based on these findings, we assessed the lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 (SNHG6) for its role in myeloid differentiation. Finally, we established a mouse K562 leukemia xenograft model to determine whether SNHG6 KD attenuates tumor growth in vivo. Results The INFLAMeR model successfully reconstituted CRISPRi screening data and predicted functional lncRNAs that were previously overlooked. Intensive cell-based and transcriptomic validation of nearly fifty genes in K562 revealed cell type-specific functionality for 85% of the predicted lncRNAs. In this respect, our cell-based and transcriptomic analyses predicted a role for SNHG6 in hematopoiesis and leukemia. Consistent with its predicted role in hematopoietic differentiation, SNHG6 transcription is regulated by hematopoiesis-associated transcription factors. SNHG6 KD reduced the proliferation of leukemia cells and sensitized them to differentiation. Treatment of K562 leukemic cells with hemin and PMA, respectively, demonstrated that SNHG6 inhibits red blood cell differentiation but strongly promotes megakaryocyte differentiation. Using a xenograft mouse model, we demonstrate that SNHG6 KD attenuated tumor growth in vivo. Conclusions Our approach not only improved the identification and characterization of functional lncRNAs through genomic approaches in a cell type-specific manner, but also identified new lncRNAs with roles in hematopoiesis and leukemia. Such approaches can be readily applied to identify novel targets for precision medicine.
Published: 2024
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2. Differentiation between myopericarditis and acute myocardial infarction on presentation in the emergency department using the admission C-reactive protein to troponin ratio.

Author: Simcha R Meisel, Hamuda Nashed, Randa Natour, Rami Abu Fanne, Majdi Saada, Naama Amsalem, Carmel Levin, Ofer Kobo, Aaron Frimerman, Yaniv Levi, Jameel Mohsen, Avraham Shotan, Ariel Roguin, and Michael Kleiner-Shochat
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: BackgroundThe treatment of myopericarditis is different than that of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, since their clinical presentation is frequently similar it may be difficult to distinguish between these entities despite a disparate underlying pathogenesis. Myopericarditis is primarily an inflammatory disease associated with high C-reactive protein (CRP) and relatively low elevated troponin concentrations, while AMI is characterized by the opposite. We hypothesized that evaluation of the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation to the emergency department could improve the differentiation between these two related clinical entities whose therapy is different. Such differentiation should facilitate triage to appropriate and expeditious therapy.MethodsWe evaluated the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation among patients consecutively included in a large single center registry that included 1898 consecutive patients comprising 1025 ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, 518 Non-STEMI (NSTEMI) patients, and 355 patients diagnosed on discharge as myopericarditis. CRP and troponin were sampled on admission in all patients and their ratio was assessed against discharge diagnosis. ROC analysis of the CRP/troponin ratios evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of myopericarditis against all AMI, STEMI, and NSTEMI patients.ResultsMedian admission CRP/troponin ratios were 84, 65, and 436 mg×ml/liter×ng in STEMI, NSTEMI and myopericarditis groups, respectively (p500 resulted in specificity exceeding 85%, and for a ratio>1000, specificity>92%.ConclusionThe CRP/troponin ratio can serve as an effective tool to differentiate between myopericarditis and AMI. In the appropriate clinical context, the CRP/troponin ratio may preclude further evaluation.
Published: 2021
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3. Sex‐ and age‐related differences in the management and outcomes of chronic heart failure: an analysis of patients from the ESC HFA EORP Heart Failure Long‐Term Registry

Author: Lainscak, M., Milinkovic, I., Polovina, M., Crespo-Leiro, M. G., Lund, L. H., Anker, S. D., Laroche, C., Ferrari, R., Coats, A. J. S., Mcdonagh, T., Filippatos, G., Maggioni, A. P., Piepoli, M. F., Rosano, G. M. C., Ruschitzka, F., Simic, D., Asanin, M., Eicher, J. -C., Yilmaz, M. B., Seferovic, P. M., Gale, C. P., Chair, G. B., Branko Beleslin, R. S., Andrzej Budaj, P. L., Ovidiu Chioncel, R. O., Nikolaos Dagres, D. E., Nicolas Danchin, F. R., David Erlinge, S. E., Jonathan Emberson, G. B., Michael Glikson, I. L., Alastair Gray, G. B., Meral Kayikcioglu, T. R., Aldo Maggioni, I. T., Klaudia Vivien Nagy, H. U., Aleksandr Nedoshivin, R. U., Anna-Sonia Petronio, I. T., Jolien Roos-Hesselink, N. L., Lars Wallentin, S. E., Uwe Zeymer, D. E., Crespo-Leiro, M., Anker, S., Mebazaa, A., Coats, A., A. Goda A. L., M. Diez A. R., A. Fernandez A. R., F. Fruhwald A. T., Fazlibegovic, E., P. Gatzov B. G., A. Kurlianskaya B. Y., R. Hullin C. H., T. Christodoulides C. Y., J. Hradec C. Z., O. Wendelboe Nielsen D. K., R. Nedjar D. Z., T. Uuetoa E. E., M. Hassanein E. G., J. F. Delgado Jimenez E. S., P. Harjola F. I., V, D. Logeart F. R., V. Chumburidze G. E., D. Tousoulis G. R., D. Milicic H. R., B. Merkely H. U., O'Donoghue IE, E., O. Amir I. L., A. Shotan I. L., D. Shafie I. R., M. Metra I. T., A. Matsumori J. P., E. Mirrakhimov K. G., A. Kavoliuniene L. T., A. Erglis L. V., Vataman, E., M. Otljanska M. K., E. Srbinovska Kostovska M. K., D. Cassar DeMarco M. T., J. Drozdz P. L., Fonseca, C., O. Chioncel R. O., M. Dekleva R. S., E. Shkolnik R. U., U. Dahlstrom S. E., M. Lainscak S. I., E. Goncalvesova S. K., A. Temizhan T. R., V. Estrago U. Y., G. Bajraktari X. K., Auer, J., Ablasser, K., Fruhwald, F., Dolze, T., Brandner, K., Gstrein, S., Poelzl, G., Moertl, D., Reiter, S., Podczeck-Schweighofer, A., Muslibegovic, A., Vasilj, M., Cesko, M., Zelenika, D., Palic, B., Pravdic, D., Cuk, D., Vitlianova, K., Katova, T., Velikov, T., Kurteva, T., Gatzov, P., Kamenova, D., Antova, M., Sirakova, V., Krejci, J., Mikolaskova, M., Spinar, J., Krupicka, J., Malek, F., Hegarova, M., Lazarova, M., Monhart, Z., Hassanein, M., Sobhy, M., El Messiry, F., El Shazly, A. H., Elrakshy, Y., Youssef, A., Moneim, A. A., Noamany, M., Reda, A., Dayem, T. K. A., Farag, N., Halawa, S. I., Hamid, M. A., Said, K., Saleh, A., Ebeid, H., Hanna, R., Aziz, R., Louis, O., Enen, M. A., Ibrahim, B. 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C., Halmosi, R., Elber, J., Alony, I., Shotan, A., Fuhrmann, A. V., Amir, O., Romano, S., Marcon, S., Penco, M., Di Mauro, M., Lemme, E., Carubelli, V., Rovetta, R., Metra, M., Bulgari, M., Quinzani, F., Lombardi, C., Bosi, S., Schiavina, G., Squeri, A., Barbieri, A., Di Tano, G., Pirelli, S., Fucili, A., Passero, T., Musio, S., Di Biase, M., Correale, M., Salvemini, G., Brognoli, S., Zanelli, E., Giordano, A., Agostoni, P., Italiano, G., Salvioni, E., Copelli, S., Modena, M. G., Reggianini, L., Valenti, C., Olaru, A., Bandino, S., Deidda, M., Mercuro, G., Dessalvi, C. C., Marino, P. N., Di Ruocco, M. V., Sartori, C., Piccinino, C., Parrinello, G., Licata, G., Torres, D., Giambanco, S., Busalacchi, S., Arrotti, S., Novo, S., Inciardi, R. M., Pieri, P., Chirco, P. R., Galifi, M. A., Teresi, G., Buccheri, D., Minacapelli, A., Veniani, M., Frisinghelli, A., Priori, S. G., Cattaneo, S., Opasich, C., Gualco, A., Pagliaro, M., Mancone, M., Fedele, F., Cinque, A., Vellini, M., Scarfo, I., Romeo, F., Ferraiuolo, F., Sergi, D., Anselmi, M., Melandri, F., Leci, E., Iori, E., Bovolo, V., Pidello, S., Frea, S., Bergerone, S., Botta, M., Canavosio, F. G., Gaita, F., Merlo, M., Cinquetti, M., Sinagra, G., Ramani, F., Fabris, E., Stolfo, D., Artico, J., Miani, D., Fresco, C., Daneluzzi, C., Proclemer, A., Cicoira, M., Zanolla, L., Marchese, G., Torelli, F., Vassanelli, C., Voronina, N., Erglis, A., Tamakauskas, V., Smalinskas, V., Karaliute, R., Petraskiene, I., Kazakauskaite, E., Rumbinaite, E., Kavoliuniene, A., Vysniauskas, V., Brazyte-Ramanauskiene, R., Petraskiene, D., Stankala, S., Switala, P., Juszczyk, Z., Sinkiewicz, W., Gilewski, W., Pietrzak, J., Orzel, T., Kasztelowicz, P., Kardaszewicz, P., Lazorko-Piega, M., Gabryel, J., Mosakowska, K., Bellwon, J., Rynkiewicz, A., Raczak, G., Lewicka, E., Dabrowska-Kugacka, A., Bartkowiak, R., Sosnowska-Pasiarska, B., Wozakowska-Kaplon, B., Krzeminski, A., Zabojszcz, M., Mirek-Bryniarska, E., Grzegorzko, A., Bury, K., Nessler, J., Zalewski, J., Furman, A., Broncel, M., Poliwczak, A., Bala, A., Zycinski, P., Rudzinska, M., Jankowski, L., Kasprzak, J. D., Michalak, L., Soska, K. W., Drozdz, J., Huziuk, I., Retwinski, A., Flis, P., Weglarz, J., Bodys, A., Grajek, S., Kaluzna-Oleksy, M., Straburzynska-Migaj, E., Dankowski, R., Szymanowska, K., Grabia, J., Szyszka, A., Nowicka, A., Samcik, M., Wolniewicz, L., Baczynska, K., Komorowska, K., Poprawa, I., Komorowska, E., Sajnaga, D., Zolbach, A., Dudzik-Plocica, A., Abdulkarim, A. -F., Lauko-Rachocka, A., Kaminski, L., Kostka, A., Cichy, A., Ruszkowski, P., Splawski, M., Fitas, G., Szymczyk, A., Serwicka, A., Fiega, A., Zysko, D., Krysiak, W., Szabowski, S., Skorek, E., Pruszczyk, P., Bienias, P., Ciurzynski, M., Welnicki, M., Mamcarz, A., Folga, A., Zielinski, T., Rywik, T., Leszek, P., Sobieszczanska-Malek, M., Piotrowska, M., Kozar-Kaminska, K., Komuda, K., Wisniewska, J., Tarnowska, A., Balsam, P., Marchel, M., Opolski, G., Kaplon-Cieslicka, A., Gil, R. J., Mozenska, O., Byczkowska, K., Gil, K., Pawlak, A., Michalek, A., Krzesinski, P., Piotrowicz, K., Uzieblo-Zyczkowska, B., Stanczyk, A., Skrobowski, A., Ponikowski, P., Jankowska, E., Rozentryt, P., Polonski, L., Gadula-Gacek, E., Nowalany-Kozielska, E., Kuczaj, A., Kalarus, Z., Szulik, M., Przybylska, K., Klys, J., Prokop-Lewicka, G., Kleinrok, A., Aguiar, C. T., Ventosa, A., Pereira, S., Faria, R., Chin, J., De Jesus, I., Santos, R., Silva, P., Moreno, N., Queiros, C., Lourenco, C., Pereira, A., Castro, A., Andrade, A., Guimaraes, T. O., Martins, S., Placido, R., Lima, G., Brito, D., Francisco, A. R., Cardiga, R., Proenca, M., Araujo, I., Marques, F., Moura, B., Leite, S., Campelo, M., Silva-Cardoso, J., Rodrigues, J., Rangel, I., Martins, E., Correia, A. S., Peres, M., Marta, L., da Silva, G. F., Severino, D., Durao, D., Leao, S., Magalhaes, P., Moreira, I., Cordeiro, A. F., Ferreira, C., Araujo, C., Ferreira, A., Baptista, A., Radoi, M., Bicescu, G., Vinereanu, D., Sinescu, C. -J., Macarie, C., Popescu, R., Daha, I., Dan, G. -A., Stanescu, C., Dan, A., Craiu, E., Nechita, E., Aursulesei, V., Christodorescu, R., Otasevic, P., Simeunovic, D., Ristic, A. D., Celic, V., Pavlovic-Kleut, M., Lazic, J. S., Stojcevski, B., Pencic, B., Stevanovic, A., Andric, A., Iric-Cupic, V., Jovic, M., Davidovic, G., Milanov, S., Mitic, V., Atanaskovic, V., Antic, S., Pavlovic, M., Stanojevic, D., Stoickov, V., Ilic, S., Ilic, M. D., Petrovic, D., Stojsic, S., Kecojevic, S., Dodic, S., Adic, N. C., Cankovic, M., Stojiljkovic, J., Mihajlovic, B., Radin, A., Radovanovic, S., Krotin, M., Klabnik, A., Goncalvesova, E., Pernicky, M., Murin, J., Kovar, F., Kmec, J., Semjanova, H., Strasek, M., Iskra, M. S., Ravnikar, T., Suligoj, N. C., Komel, J., Fras, Z., Jug, B., Glavic, T., Losic, R., Bombek, M., Krajnc, I., Krunic, B., Horvat, S., Kovac, D., Rajtman, D., Cencic, V., Letonja, M., Winkler, R., Valentincic, M., Melihen-Bartolic, C., Bartolic, A., Vrckovnik, M. P., Kladnik, M., Pusnik, C. S., Marolt, A., Klen, J., Drnovsek, B., Leskovar, B., Anguita, M. J. F., Page, J. C. G., Martinez, F. M. S., Andres, J., Genis, A. B., Mirabet, S., Mendez, A., Garcia-Cosio, L., Roig, E., Leon, V., Gonzalez-Costello, J., Muntane, G., Garay, A., Alcade-Martinez, V., Fernandez, S. L., Rivera-Lopez, R., Puga-Martinez, M., Fernandez-Alvarez, M., Serrano-Martinez, J. L., Grille-Cancela, Z., Marzoa-Rivas, R., Blanco-Canosa, P., Paniagua-Martin, M. J., Barge-Caballero, E., Cerdena, I. L., Baldomero, I. F. H., Padron, A. L., Rosillo, S. O., Gonzalez-Gallarza, R. D., Montanes, O. S., Manjavacas, A. M. I., Conde, A. C., Araujo, A., Soria, T., Garcia-Pavia, P., Gomez-Bueno, M., Cobo-Marcos, M., Alonso-Pulpon, L., Cubero, J. S., Sayago, I., Gonzalez-Segovia, A., Briceno, A., Subias, P. E., Hernandez, M. V., Cano, M. J. R., Sanchez, M. A. G., Jimenez, J. F. D., Garrido-Lestache, E. B., Pinilla, J. M. G., de la Villa, B. G., Sahuquillo, A., Marques, R. B., Calvo, F. T., Perez-Martinez, M. T., Gracia-Rodenas, M. R., Garrido-Bravo, I. P., Pastor-Perez, F., Pascual-Figal, D. A., Molina, B. D., Orus, J., Gonzalo, F. E., Bertomeu, V., Valero, R., Martinez-Abellan, R., Quiles, J., Rodrigez-Ortega, J. A., Mateo, I., Elamrani, A., Fernandez-Vivancos, C., Valero, D. B., Almenar-Bonet, L., Sanchez-Lazaro, I. J., Marques-Sule, E., Facila-Rubio, L., Perez-Silvestre, J., Garcia-Gonzalez, P., Ridocci-Soriano, F., Garcia-Escriva, D., Pellicer-Cabo, A., de la Fuente Galan, L., Diaz, J. L., Platero, A. R., Arias, J. C., Blasco-Peiro, T., Julve, M. S., Sanchez-Insa, E., Aured-Guallar, C., Portoles-Ocampo, A., Melin, M., Hagglund, E., Stenberg, A., Lindahl, I. -M., Asserlund, B., Olsson, L., Dahlstrom, U., Afzelius, M., Karlstrom, P., Tengvall, L., Wiklund, P. -A., Olsson, B., Kalayci, S., Temizhan, A., Cavusoglu, Y., Gencer, E., Gunes, H., Lainscak, M., Milinkovic, I., Polovina, M., Crespo-Leiro, M. G., Lund, L. H., Anker, S. D., Laroche, C., Ferrari, R., Coats, A. J. S., Mcdonagh, T., Filippatos, G., Maggioni, A. P., Piepoli, M. F., Rosano, G. M. C., Ruschitzka, F., Simic, D., Asanin, M., Eicher, J. -C., Yilmaz, M. B., Seferovic, P. M., Gale, C. P., Chair, G. B., Branko Beleslin, R. S., Andrzej Budaj, P. L., Ovidiu Chioncel, R. O., Nikolaos Dagres, D. E., Nicolas Danchin, F. R., David Erlinge, S. E., Jonathan Emberson, G. B., Michael Glikson, I. L., Alastair Gray, G. B., Meral Kayikcioglu, T. R., Aldo Maggioni, I. T., Klaudia Vivien Nagy, H. U., Aleksandr Nedoshivin, R. U., Anna-Sonia Petronio, I. T., Jolien Roos-Hesselink, N. L., Lars Wallentin, S. E., Uwe Zeymer, D. E., Crespo-Leiro, M., Anker, S., Mebazaa, A., Coats, A., A. Goda A., L., M. Diez A., R., A. Fernandez A., R., F. Fruhwald A., T., Fazlibegovic, E., P. Gatzov B., G., A. Kurlianskaya B., Y., R. Hullin C., H., T. Christodoulides C., Y., J. Hradec C., Z., O. Wendelboe Nielsen D., K., R. Nedjar D., Z., T. Uuetoa E., E., M. Hassanein E., G., J. F. Delgado Jimenez E., S., V-, P. Harjola F. I., D. Logeart F., R., V. Chumburidze G., E., D. Tousoulis G., R., D. Milicic H., R., B. Merkely H., U., O'Donoghue IE, E., O. Amir I., L., A. Shotan I., L., D. Shafie I., R., M. Metra I., T., A. Matsumori J., P., E. Mirrakhimov K., G., A. Kavoliuniene L., T., A. Erglis L., V., Vataman, E., M. Otljanska M., K., E. Srbinovska Kostovska M., K., D. Cassar DeMarco M., T., J. Drozdz P., L., Fonseca, C., O. Chioncel R., O., M. Dekleva R., S., E. Shkolnik R., U., U. Dahlstrom S., E., M. Lainscak S., I., E. Goncalvesova S., K., A. Temizhan T., R., V. Estrago U., Y., G. Bajraktari X., K., Auer, J., Ablasser, K., Fruhwald, F., Dolze, T., Brandner, K., Gstrein, S., Poelzl, G., Moertl, D., Reiter, S., Podczeck-Schweighofer, A., Muslibegovic, A., Vasilj, M., Cesko, M., Zelenika, D., Palic, B., Pravdic, D., Cuk, D., Vitlianova, K., Katova, T., Velikov, T., Kurteva, T., Gatzov, P., Kamenova, D., Antova, M., Sirakova, V., Krejci, J., Mikolaskova, M., Spinar, J., Krupicka, J., Malek, F., Hegarova, M., Lazarova, M., Monhart, Z., Hassanein, M., Sobhy, M., El Messiry, F., El Shazly, A. H., Elrakshy, Y., Youssef, A., Moneim, A. A., Noamany, M., Reda, A., Dayem, T. K. A., Farag, N., Halawa, S. I., Hamid, M. A., Said, K., Saleh, A., Ebeid, H., Hanna, R., Aziz, R., Louis, O., Enen, M. A., Ibrahim, B. S., Nasr, G., Elbahry, A., Sobhy, H., Ashmawy, M., Gouda, M., Aboleineen, W., Bernard, Y., Luporsi, P., Meneveau, N., Pillot, M., Morel, M., Seronde, M. -F., Schiele, F., Briand, F., Delahaye, F., Damy, T., de Groote, P., Fertin, M., Lamblin, N., Isnard, R., Lefol, C., Thevenin, S., Hagege, A., Jondeau, G., Logeart, D., Le Marcis, V., Ly, J. -F., Coisne, D., Lequeux, B., Le Moal, V., Mascle, S., Lotton, P., Behar, N., Donal, E., Thebault, C., Ridard, C., Reynaud, A., Basquin, A., Bauer, F., Codjia, R., Galinier, M., Tourikis, P., Stavroula, M., Tousoulis, D., Stefanadis, C., Chrysohoou, C., Kotrogiannis, I., Matzaraki, V., Dimitroula, T., Karavidas, A., Tsitsinakis, G., Kapelios, C., Nanas, J., Kampouri, H., Nana, E., Kaldara, E., Eugenidou, A., Vardas, P., Saloustros, I., Patrianakos, A., Tsaknakis, T., Evangelou, S., Nikoloulis, N., Tziourganou, H., Tsaroucha, A., Papadopoulou, A., Douras, A., Polgar, L., Merkely, B., Kosztin, A., Nyolczas, N., Nagy, A. 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Abstract: [Abstract] Aims. This study aimed to assess age‐ and sex‐related differences in management and 1‐year risk for all‐cause mortality and hospitalization in chronic heart failure (HF) patients. Methods and results. Of 16 354 patients included in the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long‐Term Registry, 9428 chronic HF patients were analysed [median age: 66 years; 28.5% women; mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 37%]. Rates of use of guideline‐directed medical therapy (GDMT) were high (angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, beta‐blockers and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists: 85.7%, 88.7% and 58.8%, respectively). Crude GDMT utilization rates were lower in women than in men (all differences: P ≤ 0.001), and GDMT use became lower with ageing in both sexes, at baseline and at 1‐year follow‐up. Sex was not an independent predictor of GDMT prescription; however, age >75 years was a significant predictor of GDMT underutilization. Rates of all‐cause mortality were lower in women than in men (7.1% vs. 8.7%; P = 0.015), as were rates of all‐cause hospitalization (21.9% vs. 27.3%; P < 0.001) and there were no differences in causes of death. All‐cause mortality and all‐cause hospitalization increased with greater age in both sexes. Sex was not an independent predictor of 1‐year all‐cause mortality (restricted to patients with LVEF ≤45%). Mortality risk was significantly lower in patients of younger age, compared to patients aged >75 years. Conclusions. There was a decline in GDMT use with advanced age in both sexes. Sex was not an independent predictor of GDMT or adverse outcomes. However, age >75 years independently predicted lower GDMT use and higher all‐cause mortality in patients with LVEF ≤45%.
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4. Pregnancy Outcomes in Women After Arterial Switch Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries: Results From ROPAC (Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease) of the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme

Author: Oktay Tutarel, Karishma P. Ramlakhan, Lucia Baris, Maria T. Subirana, Judith Bouchardy, Attila Nemes, Niels G. Vejlstrup, Olga A. Osipova, Mark R. Johnson, Roger Hall, Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink, Christopher Peter Gale, Branko Beleslin, Andrzej Budaj, Ovidiu Chioncel, Nikolaos Dagres, Nicolas Danchin, David Erlinge, Jonathan Emberson, Michael Glikson, Alastair Gray, Meral Kayikcioglu, Aldo Maggioni, Klaudia Vivien Nagy, Aleksandr Nedoshivin, Anna‐Sonia Petronio, Jolien Roos‐Hesselink, Lars Wallentin, Uwe Zeymer, Joerg Stein, William Anthony Parsonage, Werner Budts, Julie De Backer, Jasmin Grewal, Ariane Marelli, Harald Kaemmerer, Guillaume Jondeau, Mark Johnson, Aldo P. Maggioni, Luigi Tavazzi, Ulf Thilen, Uri Elkayam, Catherine Otto, Karen Sliwa, A. Aquieri, A. Saad, H. Ruda Vega, J. Hojman, J. M. Caparros, M. Vazquez Blanco, M. Arstall, C. M. Chung, G. Mahadavan, E. Aldridge, M. Wittwer, Y. Y. Chow, W. A. Parsonage, K. Lust, N. Collins, G. Warner, R. Hatton, A. Gordon, E. Nyman, J. Stein, E. Donhauser, H. Gabriel, A. Bahshaliyev, F. Guliyev, I. Hasanova, T. Jahangirov, Z. Gasimov, A. Salim, C. M. Ahmed, F. Begum, M. H. Hoque, M. Mahmood, M. N. Islam, P. P. Haque, S. K. Banerjee, T. Parveen, M. Morissens, J. De Backer, L. Demulier, M. de Hosson, W. Budts, M. Beckx, M. Kozic, M. Lovric, T. Kovacevic‐Preradovic, N. Chilingirova, P. Kratunkov, N. Wahab, S. McLean, E. Gordon, L. Walter, A. Marelli, A. R. Montesclaros, G. Monsalve, C. Rodriguez, F. Balthazar, V. Quintero, W. Palacio, L. A. Mejía Cadavid, E. Munoz Ortiz, F. Fortich Hoyos, E. Arevalo Guerrero, J. Gandara Ricardo, J. Velasquez Penagos, Z. Vavera, J. Popelova, N. Vejlstrup, L. Grønbeck, M. Johansen, A. Ersboll, Y. Elrakshy, K. Eltamawy, M. Gamal Abd‐El Aziz, A. El Nagar, H. Ebaid, H. Abo Elenin, M. Saed, S. Farag, W. Makled, K. Sorour, Z. Ashour, G. El‐Sayed, M. Abdel Meguid Mahdy, N. Taha, A. Dardeer, M. Shabaan, M. Ali, P. Moceri, G. Duthoit, M. Gouton, J. Nizard, L. Baris, S. Cohen, M. 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D.S., Chapa, J., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Botti, J., Ting, J., Davidson, W.R., Wells, G., Sparks, D., Paruchuri, V., Marzo, K., Patel, D., Wagner, W., Ahanya, S.N., Colicchia, L., Jentink, T., Han, K., Loichinger, M., Parker, M., Longtin, C., Yetman, A., Erickson, K., Cramer, J., Tsai, S., Fletcher, B., Warta, S., Cohen, C., Lindblade, C., Puntel, R., Nagaran, K., Croft, N., Gurvitz, M., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M.G., Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Cardiology, ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Institut Català de la Salut, [Tutarel O] Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology German Heart Centre MunichTechnical University of Munich School of MedicineTechnical University of Munich Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany. [Ramlakhan KP, Baris L] Department of Cardiology Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam the Netherlands. [Subirana MT] Unitat de Cardiopaties congènites de l’adult, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona Spain. Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona Spain. [Bouchardy J] Service of Cardiology University Hospital Lausanne and University of Lausanne Switzerland. Service of Cardiology University of Geneva Switzerland. [Nemes A] 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre Medical Faculty Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center University of Szeged Hungary, Szeged, Hungary, and Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
Subjects: Male, Transposition of Great Vessels, pregnancy outcomes, enfermedades cardiovasculares::anomalías cardiovasculares::cardiopatías congénitas::transposición de los grandes vasos [ENFERMEDADES], Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Sistema cardiovascular - Malalties, Ventricular tachycardia, Vasos sanguinis - Cirurgia, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Clinical endpoint, Registries, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases::Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular [DISEASES], Original Research, Aortic dissection, Pregnancy Outcome, Congenital Heart Disease, Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/surgery [Other subheadings], arterial switch operation, pregnancy and cardiac disease, transposition of the great arteries, Europe, Great arteries, Cardiology, enfermedades cardiovasculares::complicaciones cardiovasculares del embarazo [ENFERMEDADES], Female, Maternal death, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, diagnóstico::pronóstico::resultado del embarazo [TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS], Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Embaràs - Complicacions, Cardiovascular Diseases::Cardiovascular Abnormalities::Heart Defects, Congenital::Transposition of Great Vessels [DISEASES], Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Heart Failure, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/cirugía [Otros calificadores], Diagnosis::Prognosis::Pregnancy Outcome [ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT], medicine.disease, Arterial Switch Operation, Heart failure, Tachycardia, Ventricular, business
Abstract: Embaràs i malaltia cardíaca; Resultats de l’embaràs; Transposició de les grans artèries Embarazo y enfermedad cardíaca; Resultados del embarazo; Transposición de las grandes arterias Pregnancy and cardiac disease; Pregnancy outcomes, Transposition of the great arteries Background In the past 3 decades, the arterial switch procedure has replaced the atrial switch procedure as treatment of choice for transposition of the great arteries. Although survival is superior after the arterial switch procedure, data on pregnancy outcomes are scarce and transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch is not yet included in the modified World Health Organization classification of maternal cardiovascular risk. Methods and Results The ROPAC (Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease) is an international prospective registry of pregnant women with cardiac disease, part of the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme. Pregnancy outcomes in all women after an arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries are described. The primary end point was a major adverse cardiovascular event, defined as combined end point of maternal death, supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment, heart failure, aortic dissection, endocarditis, ischemic coronary events, and thromboembolic events. Altogether, 41 pregnant women (mean age, 26.7±3.9 years) were included, and there was no maternal mortality. A major adverse cardiovascular event occurred in 2 women (4.9%): heart failure in one (2.4%) and ventricular tachycardia in another (2.4%). One woman experienced fetal loss, whereas no neonatal mortality was observed. Conclusions Women after an arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries tolerate pregnancy well, with a favorable maternal and fetal outcome. During counseling, most women should be reassured that the risk of pregnancy is low. Classification as modified World Health Organization risk class II seems appropriate. Funding from “Zabawas Foundation” and “De Hoop Foundation” in addition to the support from EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) is greatly acknowledged. Since the start of EORP, the following companies have supported the program: Abbott Vascular Int (2011–2021), Amgen Cardiovascular (2009–2018), AstraZeneca (2014–2021), Bayer AG (2009–2018), Boehringer Ingelheim (2009–2019), Boston Scientific (2009–2012), The Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer Alliance (2011–2019), Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH (2011–2020), The Alliance Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH and Eli Lilly and Company (2014–2017), Edwards (2016–2019), Gedeon Richter Plc (2014–2016), Menarini Int Op (2009–2012), MSD‐Merck & Co (2011–2014), Novartis Pharma AG (2014–2020), ResMed (2014–2016), Sanofi (2009–2011), SERVIER (2009–2021), and Vifor (2019–2022).
Published: 2021
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5. Cardiomyopathy and Pregnancy

Author: Avraham Shotan, Sorel Goland, Uri Elkayam, Yael Yekel, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, and Lucia Bari
Subjects: Diagnostic Imaging, medicine.medical_specialty, Heart disease, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Cardiomyopathy, Global Health, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Pregnancy, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, cardiovascular diseases, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Incidence, Patient Acuity, On warfarin, Dilated cardiomyopathy, medicine.disease, Heart failure, Cardiology, cardiovascular system, Female, Cardiomyopathies, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Very high risk
Abstract: Women with dilated cardiomyopathy or left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (LV ejection fraction [LVEF] < 40%) from other etiology are at increased risk of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. They should undergo preconception evaluation, risk assessment, and treatment modification including discontinuation and replacement of contraindicated medications. A close follow-up and treatment by a multidisciplinary team is recommended at all stages: preconception, gestation, delivery, and postpartum. An early gestational and delivery plan has to be prepared to face complications and to achieve a successful delivery and outcome. Long-term postpartum cardiac follow-up is recommended anticipating potential adverse effects of pregnancy. The recommended mode of delivery for most patients is vaginal. The indications for cesarian section are mainly obstetric, unless the patient is in severely decompensated heart failure or urgent delivery if the patient is receiving warfarin therapy. Cardiac events during pregnancy or in the first months postpartum occur in 32%-60% of patients. Prepregnancy signs of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and New York Heart Association functional classification (NYHA FC) > II were associated with a poor cardiac outcome. Predictors of deterioration during pregnancy that are considered very high risk and should be advised to avoid pregnancy are: patients with NYHA FC III/IV unless improved under treatment and LVEF < 20%. Predictors for high risk of adverse outcome include: LVEF < 30%, NYHA FC II, ventricular tachyarrhythmias (including patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator),atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate, severe mitral regurgitation, significant right ventricular failure, and hypotension. Overall, despite a high rate of complications, most women with LV dysfunction can undergo a successful pregnancy.
Published: 2021
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6. Unravelling the interplay between hyperkalaemia, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitor use and clinical outcomes. Data from 9222 chronic heart failure patients of the ESC-HFA-EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

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Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Angiotensin receptor, Angiotensins, Prognosi, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Heart failure, 610 Medicine & health, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Hyperkalaemia, Hypokalaemia, Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, Prognosis, Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors, 2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Mineralocorticoid receptor, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, Internal medicine, Renin, Renin–angiotensin system, Humans, Medicine, Registries, cardiovascular diseases, Risk factor, Aldosterone, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Discontinuation, Cardiology, 10209 Clinic for Cardiology, Hyperkalemia, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Lower mortality
Abstract: [Abstract] Aims. We assessed the interplay between hyperkalaemia (HK) and renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) use, dose and discontinuation, and their association with all‐cause or cardiovascular death in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that HK‐associated increased death may be related to RAASi withdrawal. Methods and results. The ESC‐HFA‐EORP Heart Failure Long‐Term Registry was used. Among 9222 outpatients (HF with reduced ejection fraction: 60.6%, HF with mid‐range ejection fraction: 22.9%, HF with preserved ejection fraction: 16.5%) from 31 countries, 16.6% had HK (≥5.0 mmol/L) at baseline. Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) was used in 88.3%, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) in 58.7%, or a combination in 53.2%; of these, at ≥50% of target dose in ACEi: 61.8%; ARB: 64.7%; and MRA: 90.3%. At a median follow‐up of 12.2 months, there were 789 deaths (8.6%). Both hypokalaemia and HK were independently associated with higher mortality, and ACEi/ARB prescription at baseline with lower mortality. MRA prescription was not retained in the model. In multivariable analyses, HK at baseline was independently associated with MRA non‐prescription at baseline and subsequent discontinuation. When considering subsequent discontinuation of RAASi (instead of baseline use), HK was no longer found associated with all‐cause deaths. Importantly, all RAASi (ACEi, ARB, or MRA) discontinuations were strongly associated with mortality. Conclusions. In HF, hyper‐ and hypokalaemia were associated with mortality. However, when adjusting for RAASi discontinuation, HK was no longer associated with mortality, suggesting that HK may be a risk marker for RAASi discontinuation rather than a risk factor for worse outcomes. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada / CBUA. The work was funded by the Courel Mountains UGGp
Published: 2020
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7. Association between loop diuretic dose changes and outcomes in chronic heart failure: observations from the ESC-EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Author: Kapelios, C. J., Laroche, C., Crespo-Leiro, M. G., Anker, S. D., Coats, A. J. S., Diaz-Molina, B., Filippatos, G., Lainscak, M., Maggioni, A. P., Mcdonagh, T., Mebazaa, A., Metra, M., Moura, B., Mullens, W., Piepoli, M. F., Rosano, G. M. C., Ruschitzka, F., Seferovic, P. M., Lund, L. H., Gale, C. P., Beleslin, B., Budaj, A., Chioncel, O., Dagres, N., Danchin, N., Erlinge, D., Emberson, J., Glikson, M., Gray, A., Kayikcioglu, M., Maggioni, A., Nagy, K. V., Nedoshivin, A., Petronio, A. -S., Roos-Hesselink, J., Wallentin, L., Zeymer, U., Crespo-Leiro, M., Anker, S., Coats, A., Ferrari, R., Goda, A., Diez, M., Fernandez, A., Fruhwald, F., Gatzov, P., Kurlianskaya, A., Hullin, R., Christodoulides, T., Hradec, J., Nielsen, O. W., Nedjar, R., Uuetoa, T., Jimenez, J. F. D., Harjola, V. -P., Logeart, D., Tousoulis, D., Milicic, D., Merkely, B., Amir, O., Shotan, A., Shafie, D., Mirrakhimov, E., Kavoliuniene, A., Erglis, A., Otljanska, M., Kostovska, E. S., Demarco, D. 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C., Blasco-Peiro, T., Julve, M. S., Sanchez-Insa, E., Portoles-Ocampo, A., Melin, M., Hagglund, Stenberg, A., Lindahl, I. -M., Asserlund, B., Olsson, L., Afzelius, M., Karlstrom, P., Tengvall, L., Olsson, B., Kalayci, S., Cavusoglu, Y., Gencer, E., Yilmaz, M. B., Gunes, H., University of Zurich, and Kapelios, Chris J
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, medicine.medical_treatment, 610 Medicine & health, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Loop diuretics, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Furosemide, Internal medicine, medicine, Loop diuretic, Mortality, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Hazard ratio, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Chronic heart failure, 3. Good health, Blood pressure, Heart failure, Drug titration, 10209 Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiology, Diuretic, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: [Abstract] Aims. Guidelines recommend down-titration of loop diuretics (LD) once euvolaemia is achieved. In outpatients with heart failure (HF), we investigated LD dose changes in daily cardiology practice, agreement with guideline recommendations, predictors of successful LD down-titration and association between dose changes and outcomes. Methods and results. We included 8130 HF patients from the ESC-EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry. Among patients who had dose decreased, successful decrease was defined as the decrease not followed by death, HF hospitalization, New York Heart Association class deterioration, or subsequent increase in LD dose. Mean age was 66±13 years, 71% men, 62% HF with reduced ejection fraction, 19% HF with mid-range ejection fraction, 19% HF with preserved ejection fraction. Median [interquartile range (IQR)] LD dose was 40 (25–80) mg. LD dose was increased in 16%, decreased in 8.3% and unchanged in 76%. Median (IQR) follow-up was 372 (363–419) days. Diuretic dose increase (vs. no change) was associated with HF death [hazard ratio (HR) 1.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12–2.08; P = 0.008] and nominally with cardiovascular death (HR 1.25, 95% CI 0.96–1.63; P = 0.103). Decrease of diuretic dose (vs. no change) was associated with nominally lower HF (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.33–1.07; P = 0.083) and cardiovascular mortality (HR 0.62 95% CI 0.38–1.00; P = 0.052). Among patients who had LD dose decreased, systolic blood pressure [odds ratio (OR) 1.11 per 10 mmHg increase, 95% CI 1.01–1.22; P = 0.032], and absence of (i) sleep apnoea (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.09–0.69; P = 0.008), (ii) peripheral congestion (OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.29–0.80; P = 0.005), and (iii) moderate/severe mitral regurgitation (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.37–0.87; P = 0.008) were independently associated with successful decrease. Conclusion. Diuretic dose was unchanged in 76% and decreased in 8.3% of outpatients with chronic HF. LD dose increase was associated with worse outcomes, while the LD dose decrease group showed a trend for better outcomes compared with the no-change group. Higher systolic blood pressure, and absence of (i) sleep apnoea, (ii) peripheral congestion, and (iii) moderate/severe mitral regurgitation were independently associated with successful dose decrease.
Published: 2020

8. Optimal Timing for Coronary Intervention in Patients With Transient ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Author: Michael Kleiner-Shochat, Yaniv Levi, Aaron Frimerman, Naama Amsalem, Rami Abu Fanne, Jameel Mohsen, Avraham Shotan, Simcha R. Meisel, David S. Blondheim, Ariel Roguin, Ofer Kobo, and Asaf Danon
Subjects: Male, Coronary angiography, medicine.medical_specialty, Myocardial Ischemia, Improved survival, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary Angiography, Risk Assessment, Time-to-Treatment, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, 0302 clinical medicine, St elevation myocardial infarction, Intervention (counseling), Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, In patient, Medical history, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Israel, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Syndrome, Middle Aged, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Angiography, Cardiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Population study, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: STEMI patients admitted urgently to the hospital but experience early complete resolution of both ischemic symptoms and ST-elevations on the electrocardiogram are diagnosed as transient STEMI (TSTEMI). Current evidence indicates that primary intervention is plausible but in certain circumstances intervention can be delayed. We sought to examine whether there is a time limit to such a delay that may affect long-term outcome. Study population included prospectively admitted TSTEMI patients whose demographics, pertinent medical history, and clinical and angiographic features were recorded. Study patients were divided by the median time interval from admission to intervention and their characteristics and long-term survival were compared. Study population comprised 260 consecutive patients (age: 57±10 years, men: 84%) diagnosed as TSTEMI who were included from January 2000 to June 2019, which represent 6% of all STEMI patients. Coronary angiography was performed in 254 patients. The median time interval from admission to angiography was 17 hours (IQR: 7.2 to 38.7 hours). Early (17 hours from admission) and late (17 hours from admission) study groups were comparable. One patient died during admission and 41 throughout the long follow-up period of 8.5 ± 5.2 years (median: 8.2 years, IQR: 3.4 to 13.1). Mortality of early-treated TSTEMI patients (11.2%) was significantly lower than of the late-treated patients (21.6%, p0.04). The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated a clear tendency toward improved survival in early-treated TSTEMI patients (p0.09). In conclusion, the present data suggest that TSTEMI patients should be treated, if not by primary coronary intervention, then at least within 17 hours from admission to achieve better long-term outcome.
Published: 2019
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9. Myocarditis and Pregnancy

Author: Avraham Shotan and Andrei Keren
Subjects: Immunosuppressive treatment, medicine.medical_specialty, Pregnancy, Myocarditis, Peripartum cardiomyopathy, business.industry, Internal medicine, medicine, business, medicine.disease, Gastroenterology, Viral etiology, Endomyocardial biopsy
Published: 2019
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10. Congenital heart disease in the ESC EORP Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC)

Author: Karishma P. Ramlakhan, Mark R. Johnson, Malgorzata Lelonek, Aly Saad, Zaur Gasimov, Natalia V. Sharashkina, Patrick Thornton, Margaret Arstall, Roger Hall, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Jolien Roos-Hesselink, Joerg Stein, William Anthony Parsonage, Werner Budts, Julie De Backer, Jasmin Grewal, Ariane Marelli, Harald Kaemmerer, Guillaume Jondeau, Mark Johnson, Aldo P. Maggioni, Luigi Tavazzi, Ulf Thilen, Uri Elkayam, Catherine Otto, Karen Sliwa, A. Aquieri, A. Saad, H. Ruda Vega, J. Hojman, J.M. Caparros, M. Vazquez Blanco, M. Arstall, C.M. Chung, G. Mahadavan, E. Aldridge, M. Wittwer, Y.Y. Chow, W.A. Parsonage, K. Lust, N. Collins, G. Warner, R. Hatton, A. Gordon, E. Nyman, J. Stein, E. Donhauser, H. Gabriel, A. Bahshaliyev, F. Guliyev, I. Hasanova, T. Jahangirov, Z. Gasimov, A. Salim, C.M. Ahmed, F. Begum, M.H. Hoque, M. Mahmood, M.N. Islam, P.P. Haque, S.K. Banerjee, T. Parveen, M. Morissens, J. De Backer, L. Demulier, M. de Hosson, W. Budts, M. Beckx, M. Kozic, M. Lovric, T. Kovacevic-Preradovic, N. Chilingirova, P. Kratunkov, N. Wahab, S. McLean, E. Gordon, L. Walter, A. Marelli, A.R. Montesclaros, G. Monsalve, C. Rodriguez, F. Balthazar, V. Quintero, W. Palacio, L.A. Mejía Cadavid, E. Munoz Ortiz, F. Fortich Hoyos, E. Arevalo Guerrero, J. Gandara Ricardo, J. Velasquez Penagos, Z. Vavera, null Prague, J. Popelova, N. Vejlstrup, L. Grønbeck, M. Johansen, A. Ersboll, Y. Elrakshy, K. Eltamawy, M. Gamal Abd-El Aziz, A. El Nagar, H. Ebaid, H. Abo Elenin, M. Saed, S. Farag, W. Makled, K. Sorour, Z. Ashour, G. El-Sayed, M. Abdel Meguid Mahdy, N. Taha, A. Dardeer, M. Shabaan, M. Ali, P. Moceri, G. Duthoit, M. Gouton, J. Nizard, L. Baris, S. Cohen, M. Ladouceur, D. Khimoud, B. Iung, F. Berger, A. Olsson, U. Gembruch, W.M. Merz, E. Reinert, S. Clade, Y. Kliesch, C. Wald, C. Sinning, R. Kozlik-Feldmann, S. Blankenberg, E. Zengin-Sahm, G. Mueller, M. Hillebrand, P. Hauck, Y. von Kodolitsch, N. Zarniko, Muenster H. Baumgartner, R. Schmidt, A. Hellige, O. Tutarel, H. Kaemmerer, B. Kuschel, N. Nagdyman, R. Motz, D. Maisuradze, A. Frogoudaki, E. Iliodromitis, M. Anastasiou-Nana, null Marousi, D. Triantafyllis, G. Bekiaris, H. Karvounis, G. Giannakoulas, D. Ntiloudi, S.A. Mouratoglou, A. Temesvari, H. Balint, D. Kohalmi, B. Merkely, C. Liptai, A. Nemes, T. Forster, A. Kalapos, K. Berek, K. Havasi, N. Ambrus, A. Shelke, R. Kawade, S. Patil, E. Martanto, T.M. Aprami, A. Purnomowati, C.J. Cool, M. Hasan, R. Akbar, S. Hidayat, T.I. Dewi, W. Permadi, D.A. Soedarsono, M.M. Ansari-Ramandi, N. Samiei, A. Tabib, F. Kashfi, S. Ansari-Ramandi, S. Rezaei, H. Ali Farhan, A. Al-Hussein, G. Al-Saedi, G. Mahmood, I.F. Yaseen, L. Al-Yousuf, M. AlBayati, S. Mahmood, S. Raheem, T. AlHaidari, Z. Dakhil, P. Thornton, J. Donnelly, M. Bowen, A. Blatt, G. Elbaz-Greener, A. Shotan, S. Yalonetsky, S. Goland, M. Biener, G. Egidy Assenza, M. Bonvicini, A. Donti, A. Bulgarelli, D. Prandstraller, C. Romeo, R. Crepaz, E. Sciatti, M. Metra, R. Orabona, L. Ait Ali, P. Festa, V. Fesslova, C. Bonanomi, M. Calcagnino, F. Lombardi, A.M. Colli, M.W. Ossola, C. Gobbi, E. Gherbesi, L. Tondi, M. Schiavone, M. Squillace, M.G. Carmina, A. Maina, C. Macchi, E. Gollo, F.M. Comoglio, N. Montali, P. Re, R. Bordese, T. Todros, V. Donvito, W. Grosso Marra, G. Sinagra, B. D'Agata Mottolese, M. Bobbo, V. Gesuete, S. Rakar, F. Ramani, K. Niwa, D. Mekebekova, A. Mussagaliyeva, T. Lee, E. Mirrakhimov, S. Abilova, E. Bektasheva, K. Neronova, O. Lunegova, R. Žaliūnas, R. Jonkaitienė, J. Petrauskaitė, A. Laucevicius, D. Jancauskaite, L. Lauciuviene, L. Gumbiene, L. Lankutiene, S. Glaveckaite, M. Laukyte, S. Solovjova, V. Rudiene, K.H. Chee, C.C.-W. Yim, H.L. Ang, R. Kuppusamy, T. Watson, M. Caruana, M.-E. Estensen, M.G.A. Mahmood Kayani, R. Munir, A. Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, B. Sobkowicz, J. Przepiesc, A. Lesniak-Sobelga, L. Tomkiewicz-Pajak, M. Komar, M. Olszowska, P. Podolec, S. Wisniowska-Smialek, M. Lelonek, U. Faflik, A. Cichocka-Radwan, K. Plaskota, O. Trojnarska, N. Guerra, L. de Sousa, C. Cruz, V. Ribeiro, S. Jovanova, V. Petrescu, R. Jurcut, C. Ginghina, I. Mircea Coman, M. Musteata, O. Osipova, T. Golivets, I. Khamnagadaev, O. Golovchenko, A. Nagibina, I. Ropatko, I.R. Gaisin, L. Valeryevna Shilina, N. Sharashkina, E. Shlyakhto, O. Irtyuga, O. Moiseeva, E. Karelkina, I. Zazerskaya, A. Kozlenok, I. Sukhova, L. Jovovic, K. Prokšelj, M. Koželj, A.O. Askar, A.A. Abdilaahi, M.H. Mohamed, A.M. Dirir, K. Sliwa, P. Manga, A. Pijuan-Domenech, L. Galian-Gay, P. Tornos, M.T. Subirana, M. T, null Subirana, J.M. Oliver, B. Garcia-Aranda Dominguez, I. Hernandez Gonzalez, J.F. Delgado Jimenez, P. Escribano Subias, N. Murga, A. Elbushi, A. Suliman, K. Jazzar, M. Murtada, N. Ahamed, M. Dellborg, E. Furenas, M. Jinesjo, K. Skoglund, P. Eriksson, T. Gilljam, U. Thilen, D. Tobler, K. Wustmann, F. Schwitz, M. Schwerzmann, T. Rutz, J. Bouchardy, M. Greutmann, B.M. Santos Lopes, L. Meier, M. Arrigo, K. de Boer, T. Konings, E. Wajon, L.J. Wagenaar, P. Polak, E.P.G. Pieper, J. Roos-Hesselink, I. van Hagen, H. Duvekot, J.M.J. Cornette, C. De Groot, C. van Oppen, L. Sarac, O. Batukan Esen, S. Catirli Enar, C. Mondo, P. Ingabire, B. Nalwanga, T. Semu, B.T. Salih, W.A.R. Almahmeed, S. Wani, F.S. Mohamed Farook, Al Ain, F. Gerges, A.M. Komaranchath, F. Al bakshi, A. Al Mulla, A.H. Yusufali, E.I. Al Hatou, N. Bazargani, F. Hussain, L. Hudsmith, P. Thompson, S. Thorne, S. Bowater, A. Money-Kyrle, P. Clifford, P. Ramrakha, S. Firoozan, J. Chaplin, N. Bowers, D. Adamson, F. Schroeder, R. Wendler, S. Hammond, P. Nihoyannopoulos, Norwich Norfolk, R. Hall, L. Freeman, G. Veldtman, J. Kerr, L. Tellett, N. Scott, A.B. Bhatt, D. DeFaria Yeh, M.A. Youniss, M. Wood, A.A. Sarma, S. Tsiaras, A. Stefanescu, J.M. Duran, L. Stone, D.S. Majdalany, J. Chapa, K. Chintala, P. Gupta, J. Botti, J. Ting, W.R. Davidson, G. Wells, D. Sparks, V. Paruchuri, K. Marzo, D. Patel, W. Wagner, S.N. Ahanya, L. Colicchia, T. Jentink, K. Han, M. Loichinger, M. Parker, C. Longtin, A. Yetman, K. Erickson, J. Cramer, S. Tsai, B. Fletcher, S. Warta, C. Cohen, C. Lindblade, R. Puntel, K. Nagaran, N. Croft, M. Gurvitz, C. Otto, C. Talluto, D. Murphy, M.G. Perlroth, Rutz, T., and Bouchardy, J.
Subjects: Pregnancy, medicine.medical_specialty, Ejection fraction, Heart disease, Obstetrics, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Double outlet right ventricle, Great arteries, Heart failure, Eisenmenger syndrome, RC666-701, medicine, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Caesarean section, Maternal health, 03.02. Klinikai orvostan, business, Observational registry, Congenital heart disease
Abstract: Background Maternal congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common cardiac condition to complicate pregnancy and women now become pregnant even with complex CHD. The Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC) examines the relationship between maternal heart disease and pregnancy outcome. Methods The ESC EORP ROPAC is a worldwide prospective registry of pregnancies in women with structural heart disease (n=5739, recruiting between 2007-2018), including CHD. Maternal and fetal outcomes were examined in all women with CHD. Multivariable regression was used to identify associations with a composite endpoint of maternal mortality and/or heart failure. Results In CHD pregnancies (n=3295, mean age 29 years), maternal mortality was 0.3% and heart failure occurred in 6.6%. Preterm births (16%) and Caesarean section (46.3%) were higher than global averages, but otherwise cardiac, obstetric and fetal outcomes were good. The composite endpoint was highest in complex CHD: Eisenmenger syndrome (58.1%), congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (12.8%), Fontan circulation (11.2%), double outlet right ventricle (11.1%). Pre-pregnancy signs of heart failure (OR 10.6, 95% CI 7.1-16), multiple gestation (4.6, 2-10.8), pulmonary hypertension (2.5, 1.5-4), estimated LVEF Conclusion Overall pregnancy outcomes for women with CHD are good but women with complex CHD are at increased risk of complications. Pre-pregnancy assessment can identify women at increased risk of an adverse outcome and should be used to counsel women appropriately.
Published: 2021

11. The c- reactive protein to troponin ratio enhances the differentiation of perimyocarditis from acute myocardial infarction

Author: Aharon Frimerman, Avraham Shotan, Ofer Kobo, Simcha R. Meisel, Ariel Roguin, R Natour, N Hamuda, R Abu Fanne, Naama Amsalem, Majdi Saada, M Kleiner Shochat, Carmel Levin, and Yaniv Levi
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, biology, business.industry, C-reactive protein, General Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, medicine.disease, Troponin, Internal medicine, biology.protein, Cardiology, Medicine, Myocardial infarction, cardiovascular diseases, 18.3.1 - Biomarkers, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Differentiating perimyocarditis from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is frequently difficult . Perimyocarditis is primarily an inflammatory disease associated with high C-reactive protein (CRP) and relatively low elevated troponin concentrations, while AMI is characterized by the opposite. We surmised that the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation could improve the differentiation between these two clinical entities. We evaluated the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation among patients consecutively included in a large hospital registry that included 1898 consecutive patients comprising 1025 ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, 518 Non-STEMI (NSTEMI) patients, and 355 patients diagnosed as perimyocarditis. CRP and troponin were sampled on admission and their ratio was assessed against discharge diagnosis. ROC analysis of the CRP/troponin ratios evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of perimyocarditis against STEMI with or without NSTEMI. Median admission CRP/troponin ratios were 84, 65, and 436 mg × ml/liter × ng in STEMI, NSTEMI and perimyocarditis groups, respectively (p 500 resulted in specificity exceeding 85%. The CRP/troponin ratio is an effective tool that enhances the differentiation between perimyocarditis and AMI.
Published: 2021

12. Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Author: Wiviott S. D., Raz I., Bonaca M. P., Mosenzon O., Kato E. T., Cahn A., Silverman M. G., Zelniker T. A., Kuder J. F., Murphy S. A., Bhatt D. L., Leiter L. A., McGuire D. K., Wilding J. P. H., Ruff C. T., Nilsson G. I., Fredriksson M., Johansson P. A., Langkilde A. M., Sabatine M. S., Bansilal S., Furtado R., Fish M. P., Gabovitch D., Jevne A., Ahern S., Im K., Goodrich E. L., Lowe C., Fisher N., Gannon J., Trindade S., Towarowski A., Fox Y., Johnsson E., Ranft S., Faber B., Wallander M., Weiss A., Buskila A., Abola M. T. B., Ardissino D., Averkov O., Aylward P., Bode C., Bonnici F., Bonora E., Budaj A. J., Cernea S., Chiang C. E., Cooper M., Dalby A., Deerochanawong C., Dellborg M., Diaz R., Dimulescu D., Eliaschewitz F. G., Goudev A. R., Hadjadj S., Herrera M., Huo Y., Jermendy G., Ji L., Kadowaki T., Kiss R., Kooy A., Kumar K. M. P., Lewis B., Litwak L., Lopez-Sendon J., Ma R., Merlini P. A., Nauck M. A., Nguyen T. K., Nicolau J. C., Ostgren C. J., Ophuis T. O., Padilla F., Pais P., Park K. S., Parkhomenko A., Ray K., Rosenstock J., Ruda M., Satman I., Shestakova M., Smahelova A., Spinar J., Strojek K., Sy R., Tankova T., Theroux P., Tkac I., Van Gaal L., Wainstein J., Harrington R. A., Droller M. J., Lee K. L., Nesto R. W., Tuomilehto J., Hedlin H., Desai M., Sayfer I., Alexanian S., Awtry E., Bentley-Lewis R., Berger C. J., Croce K., Desai A., Garg R. K., Gelfand E., Gignac G., Goessling W., Ho C., Hochberg E., Lane A., Larrey D., Leeman D. E., Lewis J., Link M. S., McDonnell M. E., Norden A. D., Pande A., Rosenberg C., Rost N., Ruberg F., Schiff E., Silverman S., Singhal A., Wagner A., Wolpin B., Aizenberg D., Fernandez M., Sala J., Maffei L., Luquez C., Waitman J., Rista L., Nardone L., Sposetti G., Cantero M., Alvarisqueta A., Montana O., Cuadrado J., Cartasegna L., Baccaro C., Chertkoff A., Sanabria H., Vainstein N., Amerena J., Arya K., d'Emden M., Proietto J., Moses R., Colquhoun D., Stranks S., Lehman R., Hamilton A., Whelan A., Simpson R., Purnell P., Abhayaratna W., Hammett C., McKeirnan M., Sullivan D., Bach L., Hughes K., Mathieu C., Vercammen C., Scheen A., Duyck F., Cools F., De Wolf L., Verhaegen A., Nobels F., Missault L., Crenier L., Thoeng J., Wollaert B., Vandenbroucke M., Eliaschewitz F., Borges J. L. C., Turatti L., Lima F. G., dos Santos F., Kerr Saraiva J., Pereira M., Pereira A., Precoma D. B., Filho G. F. V., Reis G., Maia L. N., Bacheva T., Temelkova-Kurktschiev T., Maneva S., Stoyanovska B., Boshnyashka R., Stoykova Y., Georgiev D., Tagarev Z., Dimitrova E., Vitkina M., Yordanova L., Temelkova M., Vasileva S., Kuneva T., Zyumbyuleva M., Daskalova I., Genadieva V., Boyanov L., Farah G., Lazarova G., Georgieva M., Krasteva S., Slavcheva A., Yabroudi N., Veleva N., Zlateva A., Damyanova V., Elenkova A., Kotselova T., Genov K., Lyubenova L., Temelkova N., Harizanova B., Zaharieva S., Bajaj H., Goldenberg R., Aronson R., Twum-Barima D., Dumas R., Kouz S., Kaiser S. M., Ajala B., Cha J., Teitelbaum I., Chouinard G., Woo V., Dan Dattani I., Mazza G., Gaudet D., Poirier P., Conway J., Dion D., McKeough M., Manyari D., Harris S., St-Pierre B., Yale J. F., Landry D., Gupta M., Hramiak I., Lau D., DeGrace M., Gallo R., Montigny M., Dzongowski P., Liutkus J., Frechette A., Gosselin G., Sabbah E., Langlois M. F., Rabasa-Lhoret R., Bedard J., Hart R., Dowell A., Pandey A., O'Keefe D., Hill L., Weisnagel S. J., Muirhead N., Zimmermann R., Galiwango P., Tobe S., Priestman B., Zinman B., Ma J., Zhao X., Wang C., Zhang A., Dong Y., Dong X., Luo M., Guo J., Zheng Z., Li Y., Liang Y., Peng D., Maderic D., Spinarova L., Raclavska L., Ludka O., Rihacek I., Karasova J., Pelikanova M., Vlasakova H., Urbancova K., Zamrazil V., Hradec J., Vlasicova H., Racicka E., Okenka L., Naplava R., Skopecek J., Palova S., Krystl T., Pistek Z., Oznerova M., Andresova A., Sarbochova R., Taborska P., Petrova I., Stanek L., Reichert P., Lorenc Z., Szabo M., Petit C., Krempf M., Boye A., Dubois S., Clavel S., Gourdy P., Elbaz M., Jazayeri S., Gouet D., Verges B., Couffinhal T., Sendeski M., Klausmann G., Appel K., Pein M., Thieme R., Schumm-Draeger P., Jacob S., Toursarkissian N., Kleinecke-Pohl U., Tschope D., Ott P., Haak T., Nauck M., Derwahl K., Bugger H., Hui G., Tsang C., Zilahi Z., Puski L., Vangel S., Fulop T., Pall K., Hidvegi T., Revesz K., Koranyi L., Kajetan M., Kerenyi Z., Penzes J., Herczeg B., 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Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, dapagliflozin, placebo, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Renal function, Type 2 diabetes, [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Glucosides, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Benzhydryl Compounds, Dapagliflozin, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, Heart Failure, Canagliflozin, business.industry, [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, General Medicine, Middle Aged, [SDV.SP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences, medicine.disease, Hospitalization, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart failure, Cardiology, Female, business, [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition, Mace, medicine.drug
Abstract: BACKGROUND The cardiovascular safety profile of dapagliflozin, a selective inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 that promotes glucosuria in patients with type 2 diabetes, is undefined. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with type 2 diabetes who had or were at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to receive either dapagliflozin or placebo. The primary safety outcome was a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or ischemic stroke. The primary efficacy outcomes were MACE and a composite of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure. Secondary efficacy outcomes were a renal composite (≥40% decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate to ≥60 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 of body-surface area, new end-stage renal disease, or death from renal or cardiovascular causes) and death from any cause. RESULTS We evaluated 17,160 patients, including 10,186 without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, who were followed for a median of 4.2 years. In the primary safety outcome analysis, dapagliflozin met the prespecified criterion for noninferiority to placebo with respect to MACE (upper boundary of the 95% confidence interval [CI], ≥1.3; P≥0.001 for noninferiority). In the two primary efficacy analyses, dapagliflozin did not result in a lower rate of MACE (8.8% in the dapagliflozin group and 9.4% in the placebo group; hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.84 to 1.03; P = 0.17) but did result in a lower rate of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure (4.9% vs. 5.8%; hazard ratio, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.73 to 0.95; P = 0.005), which reflected a lower rate of hospitalization for heart failure (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.88); there was no between-group difference in cardiovascular death (hazard ratio, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.17). A renal event occurred in 4.3% in the dapagliflozin group and in 5.6% in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.67 to 0.87), and death from any cause occurred in 6.2% and 6.6%, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.04). Diabetic ketoacidosis was more common with dapagliflozin than with placebo (0.3%vs. 0.1%, P = 0.02), as was the rate of genital infections that led to discontinuation of the regimen or that were considered to be serious adverse events (0.9% vs. 0.1%, P≥0.001). CONCLUSIONS In patients with type 2 diabetes who had or were at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, treatment with dapagliflozin did not result in a higher or lower rate of MACE than placebo but did result in a lower rate of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure, a finding that reflects a lower rate of hospitalization for heart failure. (Funded by AstraZeneca; DECLARETIMI 58 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01730534
Published: 2019
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13. Acute heart failure congestion and perfusion status – impact of the clinical classification on in-hospital and long-term outcomes; insights from the ESC-EORP-HFA Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Author: Chioncel, O., Mebazaa, A., Maggioni, A. P., Harjola, V. -P., Rosano, G., Laroche, C., Piepoli, M. F., Crespo-Leiro, M. G., Lainscak, M., Ponikowski, P., Filippatos, G., Ruschitzka, F., Seferovic, P., Coats, A. J. S., Lund, L. H., Auer, J., Ablasser, K., Fruhwald, F., Dolze, T., Brandner, K., Gstrein, S., Poelzl, G., Moertl, D., Reiter, S., Podczeck-Schweighofer, A., Muslibegovic, A., Vasilj, M., Fazlibegovic, E., Cesko, M., Zelenika, D., Palic, B., Pravdic, D., Cuk, D., Vitlianova, K., Katova, T., Velikov, T., Kurteva, T., Gatzov, P., Kamenova, D., Antova, M., Sirakova, V., Krejci, J., Mikolaskova, M., Spinar, J., Krupicka, J., Malek, F., Hegarova, M., Lazarova, M., Monhart, Z., Hassanein, M., Sobhy, M., El Messiry, F., El Shazly, A. H., Elrakshy, Y., Youssef, A., Moneim, A. A., Noamany, M., Reda, A., Dayem, T. K. A., Farag, N., Halawa, S. I., Hamid, M. A., Said, K., Saleh, A., Ebeid, H., Hanna, R., Aziz, R., Louis, O., Enen, M. A., Ibrahim, B. S., Nasr, G., Elbahry, A., Sobhy, H., Ashmawy, M., Gouda, M., Aboleineen, W., Bernard, Y., Luporsi, P., Meneveau, N., Pillot, M., Morel, M., Seronde, M. -F., Schiele, F., Briand, F., Delahaye, F., Damy, T., Eicher, J. -C., de Groote, P., Fertin, M., Lamblin, N., Isnard, R., Lefol, C., Thevenin, S., Hagege, A., Jondeau, G., Logeart, D., Le Marcis, V., J. -F., Ly, Coisne, D., Lequeux, B., Le Moal, V., Mascle, S., Lotton, P., Behar, N., Donal, E., Thebault, C., Ridard, C., Reynaud, A., Basquin, A., Bauer, F., Codjia, R., Galinier, M., Tourikis, P., Stavroula, M., Tousoulis, D., Stefanadis, C., Chrysohoou, C., Kotrogiannis, I., Matzaraki, V., Dimitroula, T., Karavidas, A., Tsitsinakis, G., Kapelios, C., Nanas, J., Kampouri, H., Nana, E., Kaldara, E., Eugenidou, A., Vardas, P., Saloustros, I., Patrianakos, A., Tsaknakis, T., Evangelou, S., Nikoloulis, N., Tziourganou, H., Tsaroucha, A., Papadopoulou, A., Douras, A., Polgar, L., Merkely, B., Kosztin, A., Nyolczas, N., Nagy, A. 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Subjects: Adult, Male, Registry, medicine.medical_specialty, New York Heart Association Class, Acute heart failure, Congestion, Forrester classification, Outcomes, Perfusion, Acute Disease, Aged, Blood Pressure, Coronary Circulation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Failure, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Long-Term Care, Middle Aged, Registries, Risk Factors, Treatment Outcome, Hospitalization, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Lower risk, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Long term outcomes, Medicine, Outcome, business.industry, Hazard ratio, acute heart failure, congestion, forrester classification, outcomes, perfusion, registry, acute disease, adult, aged, blood pressure, coronary circulation, female, follow-up studies, heart failure, hospital mortality, humans, long-term care, male, middle aged, registries, risk factors, treatment outcome, hospitalization, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, 3. Good health, Heart failure, Emergency medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: [Abstract] Aims: Classification of acute heart failure (AHF) patients into four clinical profiles defined by evidence of congestion and perfusion is advocated by the 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)guidelines. Based on the ESC-EORP-HFA Heart Failure Long-Term Registry, we compared differences in baseline characteristics, in-hospital management and outcomes among congestion/perfusion profiles using this classification. Methods and results: We included 7865 AHF patients classified at admission as: 'dry-warm' (9.9%), 'wet-warm' (69.9%), 'wet-cold' (19.8%) and 'dry-cold' (0.4%). These groups differed significantly in terms of baseline characteristics, in-hospital management and outcomes. In-hospital mortality was 2.0% in 'dry-warm', 3.8% in 'wet-warm', 9.1% in 'dry-cold' and 12.1% in 'wet-cold' patients. Based on clinical classification at admission, the adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for 1-year mortality were: 'wet-warm' vs. 'dry-warm' 1.78 (1.43-2.21) and 'wet-cold' vs. 'wet-warm' 1.33 (1.19-1.48). For profiles resulting from discharge classification, the adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for 1-year mortality were: 'wet-warm' vs. 'dry-warm' 1.46 (1.31-1.63) and 'wet-cold' vs. 'wet-warm' 2.20 (1.89-2.56). Among patients discharged alive, 30.9% had residual congestion, and these patients had higher 1-year mortality compared to patients discharged without congestion (28.0 vs. 18.5%). Tricuspid regurgitation, diabetes, anaemia and high New York Heart Association class were independently associated with higher risk of congestion at discharge, while beta-blockers at admission, de novo heart failure, or any cardiovascular procedure during hospitalization were associated with lower risk of residual congestion. Conclusion: Classification based on congestion/perfusion status provides clinically relevant information at hospital admission and discharge. A better understanding of the clinical course of the two entities could play an important role towards the implementation of targeted strategies that may improve outcomes.
Published: 2019

14. Sacubitril/valsartan eligibility and outcomes in the ESC-EORP-HFA Heart Failure Long-Term Registry: bridging between European Medicines Agency/Food and Drug Administration label, the PARADIGM-HF trial, ESC guidelines, and real world

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Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Registry, Prognosi, Tetrazoles, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Angiotensin receptor, Sacubitril, 03 medical and health sciences, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, neprilysin inhibitor, Humans, LCZ696, Enalapril, Registries, Sacubitril/valsartan, New York Heart Association Class I, Heart Failure, Angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor, Eligibility, Ejection fraction, business.industry, United States Food and Drug Administration, Aminobutyrates, Biphenyl Compounds, Stroke Volume, Guideline, Prognosis, Neprilysin, United States, Valsartan, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Drug Combinations, Heart failure, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor, eligibility, lcz696, prognosis, registry, sacubitril/valsartan, aminobutyrates, angiotensin receptor antagonists, humans, neprilysin, registries, stroke volume, tetrazoles, united states, united states food and drug administration, valsartan, heart failure, Sacubitril, Valsartan, medicine.drug
Abstract: Aims To assess the proportion of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who are eligible for sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) based on the European Medicines Agency/Food and Drug Administration (EMA/FDA) label, the PARADIGM-HF trial and the 2016 ESC guidelines, and the association between eligibility and outcomes. Methods and results Outpatients with HFrEF in the ESC-EORP-HFA Long-Term Heart Failure (HF-LT) Registry between March 2011 and November 2013 were considered. Criteria for LCZ696 based on EMA/FDA label, PARADIGM-HF and ESC guidelines were applied. Of 5443 patients, 2197 and 2373 had complete information for trial and guideline eligibility assessment, and 84%, 12% and 12% met EMA/FDA label, PARADIGM-HF and guideline criteria, respectively. Absent PARADIGM-HF criteria were low natriuretic peptides (21%), hyperkalemia (4%), hypotension (7%) and sub-optimal pharmacotherapy (74%); absent Guidelines criteria were LVEF>35% (23%), insufficient NP levels (30%) and sub-optimal pharmacotherapy (82%); absent label criteria were absence of symptoms (New York Heart Association class I). When a daily requirement of ACEi/ARB >= 10mg enalapril (instead of >= 20 mg) was used, eligibility rose from 12% to 28% based on both PARADIGM-HF and guidelines. One-year heart failure hospitalization was higher (12% and 17% vs. 12%) and all-cause mortality lower (5.3% and 6.5% vs. 7.7%) in registry eligible patients compared to the enalapril arm of PARADIGM-HF. Conclusions Among outpatients with HFrEF in the ESC-EORP-HFA HF-LT Registry, 84% met label criteria, while only 12% and 28% met PARADIGM-HF and guideline criteria for LCZ696 if requiring >= 20 mg and >= 10mg enalapril, respectively. Registry patients eligible for LCZ696 had greater heart failure hospitalization but lower mortality rates than the PARADIGM-HF enalapril group.
Published: 2019

15. Direct Admission of Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction to the Catheterization Laboratory Shortens Pain-to-Balloon and Door-to-Balloon Time Intervals but Only the Pain-to-Balloon Interval Impacts Short- and Long-Term Mortality

Author: Ariel Roguin, Simcha R. Meisel, Sa'ar Minha, Jameel Mohsen, Yaniv Levi, Alex Blatt, Michael Kleiner-Shochat, Avraham Shotan, Asaf Danon, Rami Abu-Fanne, and Aaron Frimerman
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiac Catheterization, Percutaneous, Long Term Adverse Effects, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Balloon, Time-to-Treatment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Patient Admission, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Internal medicine, medicine, ST segment, Humans, Pain Management, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Israel, Mortality, Original Research, business.industry, long‐term mortality, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, Quality Improvement, Interventional Cardiology, admission pathway, Treatment, Cardiology, Door-to-balloon, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Long term mortality, Female, Cardiology Service, Hospital, Mortality/Survival, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Emergency Service, Hospital
Abstract: Background Shortening the pain‐to‐balloon (P2B) and door‐to‐balloon (D2B) intervals in patients with ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is essential in order to limit myocardial damage. We investigated whether direct admission of PPCI‐treated patients with STEMI to the catheterization laboratory, bypassing the emergency department, expedites reperfusion and improves prognosis. Methods and Results Consecutive PPCI‐treated patients with STEMI included in the ACSIS (Acute Coronary Syndrome in Israel Survey), a prospective nationwide multicenter registry, were divided into patients admitted directly or via the emergency department. The impact of the P2B and D2B intervals on mortality was compared between groups by logistic regression and propensity score matching. Of the 4839 PPCI‐treated patients with STEMI, 1174 were admitted directly and 3665 via the emergency department. Respective median P2B and D2B were shorter among the directly admitted patients with STEMI (160 and 35 minutes) compared with those admitted via the emergency department (210 and 75 minutes, P P P Conclusions Direct admission of PPCI‐treated patients with STEMI decreased mortality by shortening P2B and D2B intervals considerably. However, P2B, but not D2B, impacted mortality. It seems that the D2B interval has reached its limit of effect. Thus, all efforts should be extended to shorten P2B by educating the public to activate early the emergency medical services to bypass the emergency department and allow timely PPCI for the best outcome.
Published: 2020

16. Prediction of readmissions and mortality in patients with heart failure: lessons from the IMPEDANCE-HF extended trial

Author: Iris Dahan, Paul A. Sobotka, David S. Blondheim, Avraham Shotan, Aya Asif, Mark Kazatsker, Jean Marc Weinstein, Marat Fudim, Yoseph Rozenman, Gurusher Panjrath, Ilia Kleiner, Simcha R. Meisel, and Michael Shochat
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, New York Heart Association Class, Lung, business.industry, Stroke volume, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, Net reclassification improvement, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Heart failure, Internal medicine, Secondary analysis, medicine, Cardiology, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Lung impedance
Abstract: AIMS Readmissions for heart failure (HF) are a major burden. We aimed to assess whether the extent of improvement in pulmonary fluid content (ΔPC) during HF hospitalization evaluated by lung impedance (LI), or indirectly by other clinical and laboratory parameters, predicts readmissions. METHODS AND RESULTS The present study is based on pre-defined secondary analysis of the IMPEDANCE-HF extended trial comprising 266 HF patients at New York Heart Association Class II-IV and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 35% randomized to LI-guided or conventional therapy during long-term follow-up. Lung impedance-guided patients were followed for 58 ± 36 months and the control patients for 46 ± 34 months (P median compared with ΔPC ≤ median for all parameters evaluated in both study groups with the most pronounced difference predicted by LI (P
Published: 2018
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17. Influence of socioeconomic factors on pregnancy outcome in women with structural heart disease

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C., Al Mulla A., Bazargani N., Al Hatou E., Farook F., Almahmeed W., Salih B., Clifford P., Bowers N., Veldtman G., Kerr J., Tellett L., Hudsmith L., Thompson P., Thorne S., Bowater S., Nihoyannopoulos P., Curry R., Freeman L., Schroeder F., Wendler R., Hammond S., Talluto C., Murphy D., Perlroth M. G., Chintala K., Gupta P., Pare E., Khatri N., Scott N., De Faria-Yeh D., Bhatt A. B., Tsiaras S., Gurvitz M., Otto C., Botti J., Ting J., Davidson W. R., Cardiology, Van Hagen, I. M., Baart, S., Fong Soe Khioe, R., Sliwa-Hahnle, K., Taha, N., Lelonek, M., Tavazzi, L., Maggioni, A. P., Johnson, M. R., Maniadakis, N., Fordham, R., Hall, R., Roos-Hesselink, J. W., Ferrari, R., Marelli, A., Webb, G., Kaemmerer, H., Popelova, J., Sliwa, K., Parsonage, W. A., Stein, J., Elkayam, U., Thilen, U., Budts, W., Ruys, T., Vardas, P., Komajda, M., Pinto, F., Alonso, A., Wood, D., Ferreira, T., Gracia, G., Laroche, C., Missiamenou, V., Taylor, C., Konte, M., Andarala, M., Fiorucci, E., Lefrancq, E. F., Glemot, M., Mcneill, P-A., Pommier, C., Lafay, M., Aquieri, A., Vega, H. R., Blanco, M. V., Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Gabriel, H., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Freire, C. V., Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., El Sayed Makled, W. A., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Elrakshy, Y., Eltamawey, K., Abd-El Aziz, M. G., Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., Mahdy, M. A. M., Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Iung, B., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Baumgartner, H., Orwat, S., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Fuhrmann, A. V., Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ali, L. A., Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., Mottolese, B. D., Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M. J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., Pieper, E. P. G., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Coman, I. M., Gaisin, I. R., Shilina, L. V., Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., Oliver, J. M., Escribano-Subias, P., Ruiz-Cano, M. J., Delgado-Jimenez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Esen, O. B., Enar, S. C., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., Almahmeed, W., Salih, B., Clifford, P., Bowers, N., Veldtman, G., Kerr, J., Tellett, L., Hudsmith, L., Thompson, P., Thorne, S., Bowater, S., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Curry, R., Freeman, L., Schroeder, F., Wendler, R., Hammond, S., Talluto, C., Murphy, D., Perlroth, M. G., Chintala, K., Gupta, P., Pare, E., Khatri, N., Scott, N., De Faria-Yeh, D., Bhatt, A. B., Tsiaras, S., Gurvitz, M., Otto, C., Botti, J., Ting, J., and Davidson, W. R.
Subjects: Registrie, Pediatrics, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Heart disease, global health, heart failure, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiovascular, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Residence Characteristics, Prospective Studies, Registries, PREDICTORS, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, CARDIOLOGY, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, valvular heart disease, Pregnancy Outcome, SOUTH-AFRICA, congenital heart disease, pregnancy, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Global Health, Heart Diseases, Humans, Maternal Age, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Socioeconomic Factors, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, Heart Disease, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, RISK-ASSESSMENT, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Human, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, ROPAC investigators, Birth rate, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, CARDIAC-DISEASE, MATERNAL OUTCOMES, Socioeconomic status, Science & Technology, business.industry, INCOME INEQUALITY, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Prospective Studie, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Residence Characteristic, Heart failure, REGISTRY, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, business
Abstract: ObjectiveCardiac disease is the leading cause of indirect maternal mortality. The aim of this study was to analyse to what extent socioeconomic factors influence the outcome of pregnancy in women with heart disease.MethodsThe Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease is a global prospective registry. For this analysis, countries that enrolled ≥10 patients were included. A combined cardiac endpoint included maternal cardiac death, arrhythmia requiring treatment, heart failure, thromboembolic event, aortic dissection, endocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, hospitalisation for cardiac reason or intervention. Associations between patient characteristics, country characteristics (income inequality expressed as Gini coefficient, health expenditure, schooling, gross domestic product, birth rate and hospital beds) and cardiac endpoints were checked in a three-level model (patient–centre–country).ResultsA total of 30 countries enrolled 2924 patients from 89 centres. At least one endpoint occurred in 645 women (22.1%). Maternal age, New York Heart Association classification and modified WHO risk classification were associated with the combined endpoint and explained 37% of variance in outcome. Gini coefficient and country-specific birth rate explained an additional 4%. There were large differences between the individual countries, but the need for multilevel modelling to account for these differences disappeared after adjustment for patient characteristics, Gini and country-specific birth rate.ConclusionWhile there are definite interregional differences in pregnancy outcome in women with cardiac disease, these differences seem to be mainly driven by individual patient characteristics. Adjustment for country characteristics refined the results to a limited extent, but maternal condition seems to be the main determinant of outcome.
Published: 2018

18. Pregnancy Outcomes in Women With Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease Results From the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease

Author: Van Hagen I. M., Thorne S. A., Taha N., Youssef G., Elnagar A., Gabriel H., ElRakshy Y., Iung B., Johnson M. R., Hall R., Roos-Hesselink J. W., Ferrari R., Maggioni A. P., Marelli A., Webb G., Kaemmerer H., Popelova J., Sliwa K., Tavazzi L., Anthony Parsonage W., Stein J., Elkayam U., Thilen U., Budts W., Ruys T., Ferreira T., Missiamenou V., Folkesson Lefrancq E., Aquieri A., Ruda Vega H., Vazquez Blanco M., Lust K., Fagermo N., Donhauser E., Gasimov Z., Jahangirov T., Hasanova I., De Backer J., Demulier L., de Hosson M., Beckx M., Moissens M., Kovacevic-Preradovic T., Kozic M., Lovric M., Vilas Freire C., Chilingirova N., Kratunkov P., Montesclaros A. R., Beaubien E., Gordon E., Walter L., Lindsay C., Wahab N., Vavera Z., El Nagar A., Ebaid H. H., A. El Sayed Makled W., Dardier A., Shabaan M., Eltamawey K., Gamal Abd-El Aziz M., Saad A., Aboleineen W., Ashour Z., Sorour K., A. Meguid Mahdy M., Iserin L., Ladouceur M., Cohen S., Maisuradze D., Mebus S., Gembruch U., Hammerstingl C., Merz W. M., Wald C., Hellige A., Baumgartner H., Schmidt R., Motz R., Olsson A., Berger F., Nagdyman N., Frogoudaki A., Anastasiou-Nana M., Temesvari A., Kohalmi D., Balint H., Merkely B., Liptai C., Bowen M., Cullen M., Thornton P., Husarova V., Blatt A., Elbaz-Greener G., Moravsky G., Vered Z., Vazan Fuhrmann A., Shotan A., Goland S., Festa P., Ait Ali L., Sinagra G., Puggia I., D'Agata Mottolese B., Carmina M. G., Romeo C., Crepaz R., Fesslova V., Azzarelli A., Baldi D., Bovenzi F., Donvito V., Vasario E., Todros T., Niwa K., Mussagaliyeva A., Mekebekova D., Sharipova S., Zaliunas R., Jonkaitiene R., Petrauskaite J., Gumbiene L., Jovanova S., Cassar A., Caruana M., Karamermer Y., Cornette J. M. J., van Dijk A., Bellersen L., Duijnhouwer T., De Groot C., PG Pieper E., van Oppen C., Polak P., Wajon E., Wagenaar L., Estensen M., Lesniak-Sobelga A., Podolec P., Wisniowska-Smialek S., Trybuch A., Hoffman P., Cichocka-Radwan A., Lelonek M., Sobczak S., Faflik U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A., Przepiesc J., Gil M., Plaskota K., Trojnarska O., Guerra N., de Sousa L., Petrescu V., Ginghina C., Jurcut R., Mircea Coman I., Ravilevich Gaisin I., Valeryevna Shilina L., Sharashkina N., Tkacheva O., Ivanov D., Irtyuga O., Jovovic L., Prokselj K., Kozelj M., Elliott C., Galian-Gay L., Pijuan-Domenech A., Subirana-Domenech M. T., Tornos P., Murga N., M. Oliver J., Escribano-Subias P., J. Ruiz-Cano M., Delgado-Jimenez J., Furenas E., Dellborg M., Schwerzmann M., Bouchardy J., Rutz T., Tobler D., Sarac L., Batukan Esen O., Catirli Enar S., Al Mulla A., Bazargani N., Al Hatou E., Farook F., Almahmeed W., Cardiology, Van Hagen, I. M., Thorne, S. A., Taha, N., Youssef, G., Elnagar, A., Gabriel, H., Elrakshy, Y., Iung, B., Johnson, M. R., Hall, R., Roos-Hesselink, J. W., Ferrari, R., Maggioni, A. P., Marelli, A., Webb, G., Kaemmerer, H., Popelova, J., Sliwa, K., Tavazzi, L., Anthony Parsonage, W., Stein, J., Elkayam, U., Thilen, U., Budts, W., Ruys, T., Ferreira, T., Missiamenou, V., Folkesson Lefrancq, E., Aquieri, A., Ruda Vega, H., Vazquez Blanco, M., Lust, K., Fagermo, N., Donhauser, E., Gasimov, Z., Jahangirov, T., Hasanova, I., De Backer, J., Demulier, L., de Hosson, M., Beckx, M., Moissens, M., Kovacevic-Preradovic, T., Kozic, M., Lovric, M., Vilas Freire, C., Chilingirova, N., Kratunkov, P., Montesclaros, A. R., Beaubien, E., Gordon, E., Walter, L., Lindsay, C., Wahab, N., Vavera, Z., El Nagar, A., Ebaid, H. H., A. El Sayed Makled, W., Dardier, A., Shabaan, M., Eltamawey, K., Gamal Abd-El Aziz, M., Saad, A., Aboleineen, W., Ashour, Z., Sorour, K., A. Meguid Mahdy, M., Iserin, L., Ladouceur, M., Cohen, S., Maisuradze, D., Mebus, S., Gembruch, U., Hammerstingl, C., Merz, W. M., Wald, C., Hellige, A., Baumgartner, H., Schmidt, R., Motz, R., Olsson, A., Berger, F., Nagdyman, N., Frogoudaki, A., Anastasiou-Nana, M., Temesvari, A., Kohalmi, D., Balint, H., Merkely, B., Liptai, C., Bowen, M., Cullen, M., Thornton, P., Husarova, V., Blatt, A., Elbaz-Greener, G., Moravsky, G., Vered, Z., Vazan Fuhrmann, A., Shotan, A., Goland, S., Festa, P., Ait Ali, L., Sinagra, G., Puggia, I., D'Agata Mottolese, B., Carmina, M. G., Romeo, C., Crepaz, R., Fesslova, V., Azzarelli, A., Baldi, D., Bovenzi, F., Donvito, V., Vasario, E., Todros, T., Niwa, K., Mussagaliyeva, A., Mekebekova, D., Sharipova, S., Zaliunas, R., Jonkaitiene, R., Petrauskaite, J., Gumbiene, L., Jovanova, S., Cassar, A., Caruana, M., Karamermer, Y., Cornette, J. M. J., van Dijk, A., Bellersen, L., Duijnhouwer, T., De Groot, C., PG Pieper, E., van Oppen, C., Polak, P., Wajon, E., Wagenaar, L., Estensen, M., Lesniak-Sobelga, A., Podolec, P., Wisniowska-Smialek, S., Trybuch, A., Hoffman, P., Cichocka-Radwan, A., Lelonek, M., Sobczak, S., Faflik, U., Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, A., Przepiesc, J., Gil, M., Plaskota, K., Trojnarska, O., Guerra, N., de Sousa, L., Petrescu, V., Ginghina, C., Jurcut, R., Mircea Coman, I., Ravilevich Gaisin, I., Valeryevna Shilina, L., Sharashkina, N., Tkacheva, O., Ivanov, D., Irtyuga, O., Jovovic, L., Prokselj, K., Kozelj, M., Elliott, C., Galian-Gay, L., Pijuan-Domenech, A., Subirana-Domenech, M. T., Tornos, P., Murga, N., M. Oliver, J., Escribano-Subias, P., J. Ruiz-Cano, M., Delgado-Jimenez, J., Furenas, E., Dellborg, M., Schwerzmann, M., Bouchardy, J., Rutz, T., Tobler, D., Sarac, L., Batukan Esen, O., Catirli Enar, S., Al Mulla, A., Bazargani, N., Al Hatou, E., Farook, F., and Almahmeed, W.
Subjects: Registrie, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, VALVULAR HEART-DISEASE, heart disease, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiovascular, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Models, Mitral valve, Rheumatic heart disease, Valvular heart disease, Women, Women and minorities, Adult, Female, Humans, Prospective Studies, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Models, Cardiovascular, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Pregnancy Outcome, Registries, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Prospective cohort study, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, valvular heart disease, ROPAC Investigators and EORP Team, SOUTH-AFRICA, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, OUTPUT, medicine.anatomical_structure, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Women and minoritie, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, DEATHS, STENOSIS, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 03 medical and health sciences, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, MANAGEMENT, medicine, Pregnancy outcomes, Science & Technology, business.industry, 1103 Clinical Sciences, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Prospective Studie, Stenosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, rheumatic, business
Abstract: Background: Cardiac disease is 1 of the major causes of maternal mortality. We studied pregnancy outcomes in women with rheumatic mitral valve disease. Methods: The Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease is an international prospective registry, and consecutive pregnant women with cardiac disease were included. Pregnancy outcomes in all women with rheumatic mitral valve disease and no prepregnancy valve replacement is described in the present study (n=390). A maternal cardiac event was defined as cardiac death, arrhythmia requiring treatment, heart failure, thromboembolic event, aortic dissection, endocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, and hospitalization for other cardiac reasons or cardiac intervention. Associations between patient characteristics and cardiac outcomes were checked in a 3-level model (patient–center–country). Results: Most patients came from emerging countries (75%). Mitral stenosis (MS) with or without mitral regurgitation (MR) was present in 273 women, isolated MR in 117. The degree of MS was mild in 20.9%, moderate in 39.2%, severe in 19.8%, and severity not classified in the remainder. Maternal death during pregnancy occurred in 1 patient with severe MS. Hospital admission occurred in 23.1% of the women with MS, and the main reason was heart failure (mild MS 15.8%, moderate 23.4%, severe 48.1%; P 1 was an independent predictor of maternal cardiac events. Follow-up at 6 months postpartum was available for 53%, and 3 more patients died (1 with severe MS, 1 with moderate MS, 1 with moderate to severe MR). Conclusions: Although mortality was only 1.9% during pregnancy, ≈50% of the patients with severe rheumatic MS and 23% of those with significant MR developed heart failure during pregnancy. Prepregnancy counseling and considering mitral valve interventions in selected patients are important to prevent these complications.
Published: 2018

19. Acute diagonal-induced ST-elevation myocardial infarction and electrocardiogram-guidance in the era of primary coronary intervention: New insights into an old tool

Author: Emad Maraga, Yaniv Levi, Simcha R. Meisel, Avraham Shotan, Rami Abu Fanne, Aharon Frimerman, Michael Shochat, and Naama Amsalem
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Coronary Angiography, 03 medical and health sciences, Electrocardiography, 0302 clinical medicine, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, St elevation myocardial infarction, Internal medicine, Medicine, ST segment, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Cardiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Background: Previous studies, published before the advent of primary reperfusion, described the electrocardiographic features of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) caused by total diagonal artery occlusion, as demonstrated at pre-discharge coronary angiography. We aimed to assess the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features in STEMI unequivocally attributed to a diagonal lesion in the era of primary coronary intervention. Methods: The electrocardiograms and echocardiograms of patients sustaining STEMI caused by diagonal artery involvement were compared with those of patients with STEMI attributed to proximal or mid left anterior descending artery (LAD) lesions. ST-segment deviations were measured at four different points in each lead and analyzed against TIMI flow and SNuH score. The electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features of each group were mapped. Results: In contrast to previous studies claiming an ever-present incidence of at least 1-mm ST-segment elevation in leads I and aVL with diagonal STEMI, we report 86% of any ST-elevation in leads I, aVL and V2 (64–71% for ST-elevation >1 mm). Both higher SNuH score and pre-intervention TIMI flow were associated with larger lateral ST-elevations (85.7% and 86.4–95.5%, respectively). Higher prevalence of ST-depression in the inferior leads reflecting reciprocal changes was observed in patients with diagonal-induced STEMI (57–76% vs. 24–51% in LAD obstructions, p Conclusion: The most sensitive and predictive sign for acute ischemia was any degree of ST-deviation measured 1 mm beyond the J point. ST-elevations in I, aVL and V2, sparing V3-V5, strongly favor isolated diagonal lesion. Proximal LAD lesion lacking ST-segment elevations in leads I and aVL is primarily due to wraparound LAD anatomy.
Published: 2019

20. Differentiation between myopericarditis and acute myocardial infarction on presentation in the emergency department using the admission C-reactive protein to troponin ratio

Author: Carmel Levin, Majdi Saada, Yaniv Levi, Aaron Frimerman, Rami Abu Fanne, Jameel Mohsen, Avraham Shotan, Michael Kleiner-Shochat, Randa Natour, Hamuda Nashed, Naama Amsalem, Ofer Kobo, Ariel Roguin, and Simcha R. Meisel
Subjects: Male, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Single Center, Biochemistry, Vascular Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Medical Conditions, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Coronary Heart Disease, Medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiovascular Imaging, Multidisciplinary, biology, Radiology and Imaging, Angiography, Middle Aged, C-Reactive Proteins, Troponin, Myocarditis, C-Reactive Protein, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Female, Emergency Service, Hospital, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Imaging Techniques, Science, Inflammatory Diseases, Context (language use), Research and Analysis Methods, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, Diagnostic Medicine, Internal medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Aged, business.industry, C-reactive protein, Biology and Life Sciences, Proteins, Emergency department, medicine.disease, Triage, Cytoskeletal Proteins, biology.protein, business, Myopericarditis
Abstract: BackgroundThe treatment of myopericarditis is different than that of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, since their clinical presentation is frequently similar it may be difficult to distinguish between these entities despite a disparate underlying pathogenesis. Myopericarditis is primarily an inflammatory disease associated with high C-reactive protein (CRP) and relatively low elevated troponin concentrations, while AMI is characterized by the opposite. We hypothesized that evaluation of the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation to the emergency department could improve the differentiation between these two related clinical entities whose therapy is different. Such differentiation should facilitate triage to appropriate and expeditious therapy.MethodsWe evaluated the CRP/troponin ratio on presentation among patients consecutively included in a large single center registry that included 1898 consecutive patients comprising 1025 ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, 518 Non-STEMI (NSTEMI) patients, and 355 patients diagnosed on discharge as myopericarditis. CRP and troponin were sampled on admission in all patients and their ratio was assessed against discharge diagnosis. ROC analysis of the CRP/troponin ratios evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of myopericarditis against all AMI, STEMI, and NSTEMI patients.ResultsMedian admission CRP/troponin ratios were 84, 65, and 436 mg×ml/liter×ng in STEMI, NSTEMI and myopericarditis groups, respectively (p500 resulted in specificity exceeding 85%, and for a ratio>1000, specificity>92%.ConclusionThe CRP/troponin ratio can serve as an effective tool to differentiate between myopericarditis and AMI. In the appropriate clinical context, the CRP/troponin ratio may preclude further evaluation.
Published: 2021
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21. Evolocumab and clinical outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease

Author: Sabatine, Marc S., Giugliano, Robert P., Keech, Anthony C., Honarpour, Narimon, Wiviott, Stephen D., Murphy, Sabina A., Kuder, Julia F., Wang, Huei, Liu, Thomas, Wasserman, Scott M., Sever, Peter S., Pedersen, Fish MP, Terje R., Abrahamsen, Te, Im, K, Kanevsky, E, Bonaca, Mp, Lira Pineda, A, Hanlon, K, Knusel, B, Somaratne, R, Kurtz, C, Scott, R, Accini Mendoza JL, Amerena, J, Badariene, J, Burgess, L, Ceska, R, Charng, Mj, Choi, D, Cobos, Jl, Dan, Ga, De Ferrari GM, Deedwania, Pc, Chopra, Vk, Erglis, A, Ezhov, Mv, Ferreira, J, Filipová, S, Gaciong, Za, Pasierski, T, Georgiev, Bg, Gonzalez-Galvez, G, Gouni-Berthold, I, Schäufele, T, Hirayama, A, Huber, K, Rammer, M, Kjaerulf Jensen, H, Wermuth, S, Jiang, L, Jukema, Jw, Kraydashenko, O, Leiter, La, Lewis, Bs, López-Miranda, J, Lorenzatti, Aj, Mach, F, Mcadam, B, Nilsson, L, Olsson, Å, Rallidis, L, Rogelio, Gg, Kerr Saraiva JF, Scheen, A, Schiele, F, Scott, Rs, Connolly, D, Siu, Cw, Tay, L, Thorgeirsson, G, Tikkanen, Mj, 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Abstract: Background Evolocumab is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels by approximately 60%. Whether it prevents cardiovascular events is uncertain. Methods We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 27,564 patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and LDL cholesterol levels of 70 mg per deciliter (1.8 mmol per liter) or higher who were receiving statin therapy. Patients were randomly assigned to receive evolocumab (either 140 mg every 2 weeks or 420 mg monthly) or matching placebo as subcutaneous injections. The primary efficacy end point was the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, or coronary revascularization. The key secondary efficacy end point was the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke. The median duration of follow-up was 2.2 years. Results At 48 weeks, the least-squares mean percentage reduction in LDL cholesterol levels with evolocumab, as compared with placebo, was 59%, from a median baseline value of 92 mg per deciliter (2.4 mmol per liter) to 30 mg per deciliter (0.78 mmol per liter) (P
Published: 2017

22. Novel Method for Real Time Co-Registration of IVUS and Coronary Angiography

Author: Simcha R. Meisel, Michael Shochat, Pritesh Punjabi, Eitan Abergel, David S. Blondheim, Ariel Roguin, Aharon Frimerman, and Avraham Shotan
Subjects: Coronary angiography, medicine.medical_specialty, Diameter measurement, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Co registration, Stent, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, equipment and supplies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Landing zone, Intravascular ultrasound, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Radiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Cardiac catheterization
Abstract: OBJECTIVES We present our experience with a novel method for real time co-registration of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and coronary angiography. BACKGROUND A major limitation of the current practice of concomitant use of coronary angiography and IVUS is that the locations of the acquired IVUS images are not correlated with their exact locations on the vessel roadmap obtained by coronary angiography. METHODS Phantoms simulating the coronary tree were used to test the accuracy and potential of co-registration. Subsequently we examined patients who underwent IVUS during cardiac catheterization. Analysis and feasibility were performed in 42 arteries of 36 patients. RESULTS The statistical validation in phantoms resulted in a co-registration accuracy of 1.12 mm. The length measurement on an angiogram resulted in an accuracy of 0.38 mm. Co-registration in patients was successful in all cases and four categories were assisted by 1(bad) to 5 (good) grading. Accuracy (the co-registration precision in pointing at the exact corresponding location): 4.8±0.41; Ease of use and workflow: 4.74±0.44; Stent landing zone detection and evaluation: 4.58±0.5; Stent landing zone length and diameter measurement: 4.94±0.23. The co-registration error was estimated as no more than 1 mm. CONCLUSION In this pilot study, we found that the novel IVUS and coronary angiography co-registration method is accurate, easy to use, fast and user-friendly. This method precludes the need to use motorized automated pull back device.
Published: 2016
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23. The impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on heart failure patients with pulmonary hypertension

Author: Liaz Zilberman, Shemy Carasso, Offer Amir, Robert Klempfner, Avraham Shotan, Nir Shlomo, Sorel Goland, Barak Zafrir, Evgeny Radzishevsky, Jean Marc Weinstein, Alicia Vazan, Robert Dragu, Wadi Kinany, Tal Hasin, Elad Maor, and Liza Grosman-Rimon
Subjects: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Cardiovascular risk factors, Blood Pressure, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Ventricular Function, Left, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine.artery, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, Prospective Studies, Registries, Israel, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Heart Failure, High prevalence, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Pulmonary hypertension, Increased risk, 030228 respiratory system, Echocardiography, Heart failure, Pulmonary artery, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Background The most common cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in developed countries is left heart disease (LHD, group 2 PH). The development of PH in heart failure (HF) patients is indicative of worse outcomes. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the long term outcomes of HF patients with PH in a national long-term registry. Methods Study included 9 cardiology centers across Israel between 01/2013–01/2015, with a 12-month clinical follow-up and 24-month mortality follow-up. Patients were age ≥18 years old with HF and pre-inclusion PH due to left heart disease determined by echocardiography [estimated systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (SPAP) ≥ 50 mmHg]. Patients were categorized into 3 groups: HF with reduced (HFrEF Results The registry included 372 patients, with high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. Median HF duration was 4 years and 65% were in severe HF New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification ≥3. Mean systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) was 62 ± 11 mmHg. During 2-years of follow-up, 54 patients (15%) died. Univariable predictors of mortality included NYHA grade 3–4, chronic renal failure, and SPAP ≥ 65 mmHg. Severe PH was associated with mortality in HFpEF, but not HFmrEF or HFrEF, and remained significant after multivariable adjustment with an adjusted hazard ratio of 2.99, (95%CI 1.29–6.91, p = 0.010). Conclusions The combination of HFpEF with severe PH was independently associated with increased mortality. Currently, HFpEF patients are included with group 2 PH patients. Defining HFpEF with severe PH as a sub-class may be more appropriate, as these patients are at increased risk and deserve special consideration.
Published: 2018

24. Shortness of Breath During Pregnancy: Could a Cardiac Factor Be Involved?

Author: Mordechai Hallak, Sara Shimoni, David S. Blondheim, Nardin Asalih, Jacob George, Osnat Walfish, Zion Hagay, Sorel Goland, Sharon Perelman, and Avraham Shotan
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Pregnancy, business.industry, Diastole, Hemodynamics, General Medicine, Stroke volume, medicine.disease, Surgery, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Etiology, Gestation, Systole, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Prospective cohort study
Abstract: Background Shortness of breath (SOB) is common among healthy women with normal pregnancies. However, when no overt cardiac or extra cardiac etiology is found, a subtle cardiac source must be excluded. Hypothesis Pregnancy may induce or unmask myocardial dysfunction that may cause SOB. Methods Healthy pregnant women with significant SOB were recruited for this study. We performed a comprehensive echocardiographic assessment including tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and 2- dimensional strain imaging (2DS). The echocardiographic data obtained were compared with that of a control group of pregnant women without SOB. Results Thirty pregnant women with SOB were enrolled in the study (age, 31.8 ± 4.9 years, and gestation, 38.2 ± 2.8 weeks) for whom no overt etiology for SOB was detected. Patients with SOB compared with controls had thicker hearts (septum: 10.1 ± 1.1 vs 8.9 ± 0.9 mm; P
Published: 2015
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25. Treatment of Anemia with Darbepoetin Alfa in Systolic Heart Failure

Author: Karl Swedberg, James B. Young, Inder S. Anand, Sunfa Cheng, Akshay S. Desai, Rafael Diaz, Aldo P. Maggioni, John J. V. McMurray, Christopher O'Connor, Marc A. Pfeffer, Scott D. Solomon, Yan Sun, Michal Tendera, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Young J, Grinfeld L, Krum H, Vanhaecke J, Olivera Clausell N, Goudev A, Howlett J, Corbalan R, Hradec J, Kober L, Eha J, Cohen Solal A, Anker SD, Chopra V, Lewis B, Erglis A, Sakalyte G, Cardona Munoz E, Dunselman P, Dickstein K, Ponikowski P, Seabra Gomes R, Apetrei E, Mareev V, Murin J, Dalby A, Lopez Sendon J, Willenheimer R, Cleland J, Adams K, Anand I, Butler J, Dunlap M, Felker M, Ghali J, Levy W, Carson P, Cohn J, Drexler H, Pocock S, Ryden L, Poole Wilson P, Fishbane S, Ivanovich P, Nissenson A, Katz S, Barkoudah E, Campbell P, Desai A, Finn PV, Hartley L, Kasabov R, Odutayo KA, Rajesh V, Solomon S, Weinrauch LA, Albizem M, Cheng S, Chou W, Deegenaars M, Dougherty M, Fouqueray B, Froissart M, Froment A, Gadd S, Ghosh S, Grazette L, Guillet S, Gulabani D, Haddock B, Harris C, Jaffer A, Kerns C, Kim J, Knussel B, Law H, Mather R, Mix C, Moore L, Moyes R, Polu K, Rossert J, Scarlata D, Smirnakis K, Smith L, Snyder W, Sun Y, Trotman ML, Wasserman S, Watkins A, Wong M, Zhang Y, Amuchastegui M, Belziti C, Bluguermann J, Caccavo M, Cartasegna L, Colque R, Cuneo C, Fernandez A, Gabito A, Goicochea R, Gonzalez M, Gorosito V, Hominal M, Kevorkian R, Litvak Bruno M, Llanos J, Mackinnon I, Manuale O, Marzetti E, Nul D, Perna E, Riccitelli M, Sanchez A, Santos D, Schygiel P, Toblli J, Vogel D, Aggarwal A, Amerena J, De Looze F, Fletcher P, Hare D, Ireland M, Lattimore J, Marwick T, Sindone A, Thompson P, Waites J, Altenberger J, Ebner C, Lenz K, Pacher R, Poelzl G, Charlier F, de Ceuninck M, De Keulenaer G, Dendale P, Maréchal P, Mullens W, Thoeng J, Vanderheyden M, Weytjens C, Wollaert B, Albuquerque D, Almeida D, Aspe y. 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E, Wittmer, B, Wood, D, Wormer, D, Wright, R, Xu, Z, Yasin, M, Zolty, R., Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG, and Cardiovascular Centre (CVC)
Subjects: Male, CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE, Darbepoetin alfa, Ciencias de la Salud, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, law.invention, Hemoglobins, DOUBLE-BLIND, Randomized controlled trial, law, hemic and lymphatic diseases, Treatment Failure, Hazard ratio, Ética Médica, Anemia, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Shock, Septic, Stroke, purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https], Female, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD, Placebo, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https], MORBIDITY, Double-Blind Method, Darbepoetin, Internal medicine, Thromboembolism, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, Adverse effect, Erythropoietin, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, CITY CARDIOMYOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE, business.industry, Proportional hazards model, MORTALITY, equipment and supplies, medicine.disease, Surgery, REDUCTION, EPOETIN, Heart failure, Hematinics, business, Systolic heart failure, Heart Failure, Systolic
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patients with systolic heart failure and anemia have worse symptoms, functional capacity, and outcomes than those without anemia. We evaluated the effects of darbepoetin alfa on clinical outcomes in patients with systolic heart failure and anemia. METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind trial, we assigned 2278 patients with systolic heart failure and mild-to-moderate anemia (hemoglobin level, 9.0 to 12.0 g per deciliter) to receive either darbepoetin alfa (to achieve a hemoglobin target of 13 g per deciliter) or placebo. The primary outcome was a composite of death from any cause or hospitalization for worsening heart failure. RESULTS: The primary outcome occurred in 576 of 1136 patients (50.7%) in the darbepoetin alfa group and 565 of 1142 patients (49.5%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio in the darbepoetin alfa group, 1.01; 95% confidence interval, 0.90 to 1.13; P=0.87). There was no significant between-group difference in any of the secondary outcomes. The neutral effect of darbepoetin alfa was consistent across all prespecified subgroups. Fatal or nonfatal stroke occurred in 42 patients (3.7%) in the darbepoetin alfa group and 31 patients (2.7%) in the placebo group (P=0.23). Thromboembolic adverse events were reported in 153 patients (13.5%) in the darbepoetin alfa group and 114 patients (10.0%) in the placebo group (P=0.01). Cancer-related adverse events were similar in the two study groups. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with darbepoetin alfa did not improve clinical outcomes in patients with systolic heart failure and mild-to-moderate anemia. Our findings do not support the use of darbepoetin alfa in these patients. (Funded by Amgen; RED-HF ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00358215.). Fil: Swedberg, Karl. University of Gothenburg; Suecia Fil: Young, James B.. Cleveland Clinic; Estados Unidos Fil: Anand, Inder S.. University of Minnesota; Estados Unidos Fil: Cheng, Sunfa. Amgen; Estados Unidos Fil: Desai, Akshay S.. Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Estados Unidos Fil: Diaz, Rafael. Estudios Clínicos Latinoamérica; Argentina Fil: Maggioni, Aldo P.. Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists Research Center; Italia Fil: McMurray, John J.V.. University of Glasgow; Reino Unido Fil: O’Connor, Christopher. University of Duke; Estados Unidos Fil: Pfeffer, Marc A.. Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Estados Unidos Fil: Solomon, Scott D.. Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Estados Unidos Fil: Sun, Yan. Amgen; Estados Unidos Fil: Tendera, Michal. Medical University of Silesia; Polonia Fil: van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.. University of Groningen; Países Bajos Fil: Toblli, Jorge Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Published: 2013
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26. Characteristics, Management, and Outcome of Transient ST-elevation Versus Persistent ST-elevation and Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Author: Rami Abu-Fanne, Aaron Frimerman, Yaniv Levy, Avraham Shotan, Mark Kazatsker, Aya Asif, Maguli Barel, Elena Neiman, Michael Kleiner-Shochat, David S. Blondheim, Simcha R. Meisel, and Naama Amsalem
Subjects: Male, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Hyperlipidemias, Coronary Artery Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary Angiography, Severity of Illness Index, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Age Distribution, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Troponin T, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Severity of illness, medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Thrombolytic Therapy, cardiovascular diseases, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Hospital Mortality, Registries, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Coronary Artery Bypass, Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction, Aged, Ejection fraction, business.industry, ST elevation, Smoking, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Hypertension, Cardiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Patients with acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) present as persistent ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or as non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). In some patients with STEMI, ST elevations are transient and resolve before coronary intervention (transient ST-elevation myocardial infarction [TSTEMI]). We analyzed our registry comprising all consecutive patients with AMI admitted during 2009 to 2014, and compared the characteristics, management, and outcome of patients with TSTEMI with those of patients with STEMI and NSTEMI. Of 1,847 patients with AMI included in the registry, 1,073 patients sustained a STEMI (58%), 649 had a NSTEMI (35%), and 126 presented with TSTEMI (6.9%). Patients with TSTEMI were younger than patients with NSTEMI and STEMI (56.5 vs 62.8, p
Published: 2017

27. Pregnancy in women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: data from the European Society of Cardiology initiated Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC)

Author: Mark R. Johnson, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, G. Elbaz-Greener, Waltraut M. Merz, Uri Elkayam, Sorel Goland, S. C. Enar, I.M. Van Hagen, Ilshat R. Gaisin, Alex Blatt, R. Hall, Petronella G. Pieper, A. Shotan, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), and Cardiology
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiomyopathy, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Global Health, DIAGNOSIS, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Internal medicine, medicine, MANAGEMENT, Humans, FAILURE, Prospective Studies, Registries, 030212 general & internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, ESC GUIDELINES, Prospective cohort study, Outcome, COMPLICATIONS, Cesarean Section, business.industry, Pregnancy Outcome, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, medicine.disease, CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE, Hypertrophic, Heart failure, Cohort, Cardiology, cardiovascular system, EXPERIENCE, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Postpartum period, Mace, TASK-FORCE
Abstract: Aims We report the maternal and foetal outcomes at birth and after 6 months in a cohort of pregnant women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Although most women with HCM tolerate pregnancy well, there is an increased risk of obstetric and cardiovascular complications.Methods and results All pregnant women with HCM entered into the prospective worldwide Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC) were included in this analysis. The primary endpoint was a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), which included death, heart failure (HF), thrombo-embolic event, and arrhythmia. Baseline and outcome data were analysed and compared for patients with MACE vs. without MACE and for patients with obstructive HCM vs. non-obstructive HCM. Sixty pregnant women (mean age 30.4 +/- 6.0 years) with HCM (41.7% obstructive) were included. No maternal mortality occurred in this cohort. In 14 (23%) patients at least one MACE occurred: 9 (15.0%) HF and 7 (12%) an arrhythmia (6 ventricular and 1 atrial fibrillation). MACE occurred most commonly during the 3rd trimester and postpartum period. In total, 3 (5.0%) women experienced foetal loss. Women with MACE had a higher rate of emergency Caesarean delivery for cardiac reasons (21.4% vs. 0%, P = 0.01). No significant differences in pregnancy outcome were found between women with obstructive and non-obstructive HCM. NYHA functional class of >= II and signs of HF before pregnancy, were associated with MACE.Conclusion Although most women with HCM tolerated pregnancy well, cardiovascular complications were not uncommon and predicted by pre-pregnancy status facilitating pre-pregnancy counselling and targeted antenatal care.
Published: 2017

28. P6048Pregnancy in women with ventricular dysfunction: data from the European Society of Cardiology Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC)

Author: Lucia Baris, R. Hall, I.M. Van Hagen, Avraham Shotan, J.W. Roos-Hesselink, and Mark R. Johnson
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Pregnancy, business.industry, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Disease, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.disease, business
Published: 2017
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29. Novel system for measuring giant spectral images and its application for cancer detection

Author: Gali Zimmerman-Moreno, Arnaldo Mayer, Zav Shotan, Yuval Garini, Irena Bronshtein-Berger, Iris Barshack, Moshe Linder, Pramod Kumar, Daniela Necula, and Irina Marin
Subjects: Physics, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, 010401 analytical chemistry, Hyperspectral imaging, 01 natural sciences, Sample (graphics), 0104 chemical sciences, Spectral imaging, 010309 optics, Optical axis, Imaging spectroscopy, Interferometry, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, Astronomical interferometer, medicine, business
Abstract: Spectral imaging is an important method that is used for a whole spectrum of applications, but measuring very large spectral images is a challenge that so far was not achieved. We present a novel system for scanning very large spectral images of microscopy samples in a rather short time. The system captures the information while the sample is continuously being scanned on the fly. It therefore breaks the size and speed limits that resulted from existing spectral imaging methods. The spectral separation is achieved through Fourier spectroscopy by using an interferometer mounted along the optical axis (no moving parts). We describe the system and its use for pathological samples.
Published: 2017
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30. Cardiopoietic cell therapy for advanced ischemic heart failure : results at 39 weeks of the prospective, randomized, double blind, sham-controlled CHART-1 clinical trial

Author: Bartunek, Jozef, Terzic, Andre, Davison, Beth A, Filippatos, Gerasimos S, Radovanovic, Slavica, Beleslin, Branko, Merkely, Bela, Musialek, Piotr, Wojakowski, Wojciech, Andreka, Peter, Horvath, Ivan G, Katz, Amos, Dolatabadi, Dariouch, El Nakadi, Badih, Arandjelovic, Aleksandra, Edes, Istvan, Seferovic, Petar M, Obradovic, Slobodan, Vanderheyden, Marc, Jagic, Nikola, Petrov, Ivo, Atar, Shaul, Halabi, Majdi, Gelev, Valeri L, Shochat, Michael K, Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D, Sanz Ruiz, Ricardo, Heyndrickx, Guy R, Nyolczas, Noémi, Legrand, Victor, Guédès, Antoine, Heyse, Alex, Moccetti, Tiziano, Fernandez Aviles, Francisco, Jimenez Quevedo, Pilar, Bayes Genis, Antoni, Hernandez Garcia, Jose Maria, Ribichini, Flavio, Gruchala, Marcin, Waldman, Scott A, Teerlink, John R, Gersh, Bernard J, Povsic, Thomas J, Henry, Timothy D, Metra, Marco, Hajjar, Roger J, Tendera, Michal, Behfar, Atta, Alexandre, Bertrand, Seron, Aymeric, Stough, Wendy Gattis, Sherman, Warren, Cotter, Gad, Wijns, W. i. l. l. i. a. m. Collaborators Clinical investigators, Dens, sites Belgium: Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg: J., Dupont, M., Mullens, W., Janssens, M., Dolatabadi, Hoˆpital Civil de Charleroi: D., De Bruyne, Y., Lalmand, J., Dubois, P., El Nakadi, B., Aminian, A., De Vuyst, E., Gurnet, P., Gujic, M., Blankoff, I., Guedes, CHU Mont Godinne UCL: A., Gabriel, L., Seldrum, S., Doyen, C., Andre´, M., Heyse, AZ Glorieux: A., Van Durme, F., Verschuere, J., Legrand, Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman: V., Gach, O., D’Orio, V., Davin, L., Lancellotti, P., Baudoux, E., Ancion, A., Dulgheru, R., Vanderheyden, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst – Cardiologie: M., Bartunek, J., Wijns, W., Verstreken, S., Penicka, . M., Gelev, P. Meeus Bulgaria: Tokuda Hospital Sofia: V., Zheleva Kichukova, I., Parapunova, R., Melamed, R., Sardovski, S., Radev, O., Yordanov, A., Radinov, A., Nenov, D., Amine, I., Petrov, City Hospital Clinic Cardiology Center: I., Kichukov, K., Nikitasov, L., Stankov, Z., Stoyanov, H., Tasheva Dimitrova, I., Angelova, M., Dimitrov, E., Minchev, M., Garvanski, I., Botev, C., Polomski, P., Alexandrovska University Hospital, Vassilev, Sofia: D., Karamfiloff, K., Tarnovska Kadreva, R., Vladimirova, L., Dimitrov, G., Hadzhiev, E., Tzvetkova, G., Andreka, . M. Atanasova Hungary: Gottsegen Gyo¨ rgy Orszagos Kardiologiai Inte´zet: P., Fontos, G., Fabian, J., Csepregi, A., Uzonyi, G., Gelei, A., Edes, Debreceni Egyetem Orvos e´s Ege´szse´gtudomanyi Centrum Altalanos Orvostudomanyi Kar Kardiologia Inte´zet: I., Balogh, L., Vajda, G., Darago, A., Gergely, S., Fulop, T., Jenei, C., Horvath, Pe´csi Tudomanyegyetem Klinikai Ko¨zpont Szıvgyogyaszati Klinika: I., Magyari, B., Nagy, A., Cziraki, A., Faludi, R., Kittka, B., Alizadeh, H., Merkely, Semmelweis Egyetem Varosmajori Szıv e´s Ergyogyaszati Klinika: B., Geller, L., Farkas, P., Szombath, G., Foldes, G., Skopal, J., Kovacs, A., Kosztin, A., Gara, E., Sydo, N., Nyolczas, MH Ege´szse´gu¨gyi Ko¨zpont Kardiologiai Osztaly: N., Kerecsen, G., Korda, A., Kiss, . M., Borsanyi, T., Polgar, B., Muk, B., Sharif, Z. Bari Ireland: HRB Clinical Research Facility: F., Atar, Y. M. Smyth Israel:Western Galilee Hospital: S., Shturman, A., Akria, L., Kilimnik, M., Brezins, M., Halabi, Ziv Medical Center: M., Dally, N., Goldberg, A., Aehab, K., Rosenfeld, I., Levinas, T., Saleem, D., Katz, Barzilai Medical Center: A., Plaev, T., Drogenikov, T., Nemetz, A., Barshay, Y., Jafari, J., Orlov, I., Nazareth Hospital EMMS: M. Omory, N. Kogan Nielsen, Shochat, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center: M., Shotan, A., Frimerman, A., Meisel, S., Asif, A., Sofer, O., Blondheim, D. S., Vazan, A., Metra, L. Arobov Italy: A. O. Spedali Civili di Brescia: M., Bonadei, I., Inama, L., Chiari, E., Lombardi, C., Magatelli, M., Russo, D., Lazzarini, V., Carubelli, V., Vassanelli, AOUI Verona – Borgo Trento Hospital: C., Ribichini, Flavio Luciano, Bergamini, C., Krampera, Mauro, Cicoria, M. A., Zanolla, L., Dalla Mura, D., Gambaro, A., Rossi, A., Pesarini Poland: Jagiellonian University Department of Cardiac, G., Musialek, Vascular Diseases at John Paul II Hospital in Krakow: P., Mazurek, A., Drabik, L., Ka˛dzielski, A., Walter, Z., Dzieciuch Rojek, M., Rubis, P., Plazak, . W., Tekieli, L., Podolec, J., Orczyk, W., Sutor, U., Zmudka, K., Olszowska, M., Podolec, P., Gruchala, Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne: M., Ciecwierz, D., Mielczarek, M., Burakowski, S., Chmielecki, M., Zielinska, M., Frankiewicz, A., Wdowczyk, J., Stopczynska, I., Bellwon, J., Mosakowska, K., Nadolna, R., Wroblewska, J., Rozmyslowska, M., Rynkiewicz, M., Marciniak, I., Raczak, G., Tarnawska, M., Taszner, M., Kasprzak, Bieganski Hospital: J., Plewka, M., Fiutowska, D., Rechcinski, T., Lipiec, P., Sobczak, M., Weijner Mik, P., Wraga, M., Krecki, R., Markiewicz, M., Haval Qawoq, D., Wojakowski, Gornosla˛skie Centrum Medyczne Sla˛skie j. Akademii Medycznej: W., Ciosek, J., Dworowy, S., Gaszewska Zurek, E., Ochala, A., Cybulski, W., Jadczyk, T., Wanha, W., Parma, Z., Kozlowski, M., Dzierzak, M., Markiewicz Serbia: Clinical Hospital Center Zvezdara, M., Arandjelovic, Cardiology Clinic: A., Sekularac, N., Boljevic, D., Bogdanovic, A., Zivkovic, S., Cvetinovic, N., Loncar, G., Clinical Centre of Serbia, Beleslin, Cardiology Clinic: B., Nedeljkovic, M., Trifunovic, D., Giga, V., Banovic, M., Nedeljkovic, I., Stepanovic, J., Vukcevic, V., Djordjevic Dikic, A., Dobric, M., Obrenovic Kircanski, B., Seferovic, Cardiology Clinic: P., Orlic, D., Tesic, M., Petrovic, O., Milinkovic, I., Simeunovic, D., Jagic, Clinical Center of Kragujevac: N., Tasic, M., Nikolic, D., Miloradovic, V., Djurdjevic, P., Sreckovic, M., Zornic, N., Clinical Hospital Center Bezanijska Kosa, Radovanovic, Cardiology Department: S., Saric, J., Hinic, S., Djokovic, A., Ðordevic, S., Bisenic, V., Markovic, O., Stamenkovic, S., Malenkovic, V., Tresnjak, J., Misic, G., Cotra, D., Tomovic, L., Vuckovic, V., Clinic of Emergency Internal Medicine, Obradovic, Military Medical Academy: S., Jovic, Z., Vukotic, S., Markovic, D., Djenic, N., Ristic Andjelkov, A., Bayes Genis, D. Ljubinka Spain: Hospital Universitario Germans Trias I. Pujol: A., Rodriguez Leor, O., Labata, C., Vallejo, N., Ferrer, E., Batlle, M., Fernandez Aviles, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Mara~non: F., Sanz Ruiz, R., Casado, A., Loughlin, G., Zatarain, E., Anguita, J., Ferna ndez Santos, M. E., Pascual, C., Bermejo, J., Hernandez Garcia, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria: J. M., Jimenez Navarro, M., Dominguez, A., Carrasco, F., Mu~noz, A., Garcia Pinilla, J. M., Ruiz, J., Queipo de Llano, M. P., Hernandez, A., Fernandez, A., Jimenez Quevedo, Hospital Clinico San Carlos: P., Guerra, R., Biagioni, C., Gonzalez, R. A., Gomez deDiego, J. J., Mansson Broberg, L. Perez de Isla Sweden: Karolinska University Hospital: A., Sylve´n, C., Leblanc, K., Winter, R., Blomberg, P., Gunyeli, E., Ruck, A., Silva, C., Fo¨rstedt Switzerland: CardioCentro Ticino, J., Moccetti, Switzerland: T., Rossi, M., Pasotti, E., Petrova, I., Crljenica, C., Monti, C., Murzilli, R., Su¨rder, D., Moccetti, M., Turchetto, L., Locicero, V., Chiumiento, L., Maspoli, S., Mombelli, M., Anesini, A., Biggiogero, M., Ponti, G., Camporini, C., Polledri, S., Hill, G. Dolci United Kingdom: Kings College Hospital: J., Plymen, C., Amin Youssef, G., Mcdonagh, T., Drasar, E., Mijovic, A., Jouhra, F., Mcloman, D., Dworakowski, R., Webb, I., Byrne, J., and Potter, V.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Cardiopoiesis, Cardiovascular disease, Disease severity, Marker, Precision medicine, Regenerative medicine, Stem cell, Target population, Adult, Aged, Double-Blind Method, Female, Heart Failure, Humans, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia, Prospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy, mesenchymal stem-cells, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, outcomes, Fast-Track Clinical Research, Sudden cardiac death, 0302 clinical medicine, Ischemia, cardiovascular disease, Clinical endpoint, target population, CHART Program, Ejection fraction, bone-marrow, Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy, 3. Good health, Cohort, Cardiology, Fast Track, disease severity, delivery, medicine.medical_specialty, precision medicine, Clinical Sciences, regenerative medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, cardiopoiesis, Internal medicine, medicine, Adverse effect, marker, disease, business.industry, medicine.disease, mortality, Confidence interval, Clinical trial, stem cell, Editor's Choice, 030104 developmental biology, predictors, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Heart failure, business
Abstract: Altres ajuts: This work was supported by Celyad, SA (Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium). Celyad has received research grants from the Walloon Region (Belgium, DG06 funding). Cardiopoietic cells, produced through cardiogenic conditioning of patients' mesenchymal stem cells, have shown preliminary efficacy. The Congestive Heart Failure Cardiopoietic Regenerative Therapy (CHART-1) trial aimed to validate cardiopoiesis-based biotherapy in a larger heart failure cohort. This multinational, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study was conducted in 39 hospitals. Patients with symptomatic ischaemic heart failure on guideline-directed therapy (n = 484) were screened; n = 348 underwent bone marrow harvest and mesenchymal stem cell expansion. Those achieving > 24 million mesenchymal stem cells (n = 315) were randomized to cardiopoietic cells delivered endomyocardially with a retention-enhanced catheter (n = 157) or sham procedure (n = 158). Procedures were performed as randomized in 271 patients (n = 120 cardiopoietic cells, n = 151 sham). The primary efficacy endpoint was a Finkelstein–Schoenfeld hierarchical composite (all-cause mortality, worsening heart failure, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score, 6-min walk distance, left ventricular end-systolic volume, and ejection fraction) at 39 weeks. The primary outcome was neutral (Mann–Whitney estimator 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47–0.61 [value > 0.5 favours cell treatment], P = 0.27). Exploratory analyses suggested a benefit of cell treatment on the primary composite in patients with baseline left ventricular end-diastolic volume 200–370 mL (60% of patients) (Mann–Whitney estimator 0.61, 95% CI 0.52–0.70, P = 0.015). No difference was observed in serious adverse events. One (0.9%) cardiopoietic cell patient and 9 (5.4%) sham patients experienced aborted or sudden cardiac death. The primary endpoint was neutral, with safety demonstrated across the cohort. Further evaluation of cardiopoietic cell therapy in patients with elevated end-diastolic volume is warranted.
Published: 2017

31. Derivation of baseline lung impedance in chronic heart failure patients: use for monitoring pulmonary congestion and predicting admissions for decompensation

Author: Ilia Shochat, Iris Dahan, Avraham Shotan, Aya Asif, Aaron Frimerman, Yoseph Rozenman, Mark Kazatsker, Michael Shochat, David S. Blondheim, and Simcha R. Meisel
Subjects: Male, Pulmonary Circulation, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Informatics, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Asymptomatic, Ventricular Function, Left, Patient Admission, Internal medicine, Electric Impedance, medicine, Humans, Outpatient clinic, Computer Simulation, Decompensation, Prospective Studies, Registries, Derivation, Prospective cohort study, Lung, Aged, Monitoring, Physiologic, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Models, Cardiovascular, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Pulmonary edema, Hospitalization, Treatment Outcome, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Heart failure, Chronic Disease, Cardiology, Physical therapy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Algorithms
Abstract: The instantaneous lung impedance (ILI) is one of the methods to assess pulmonary congestion or edema (PCE) in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Due to usually existing PCE in CHF patients when evaluated, baseline lung impedance (BLI) is unknown. Therefore, the relation of ILI to BLI is unknown. Our aim was to evaluate methods to calculate and appraise BLI or its derivative as reflecting the clinical status of CHF patients. ILI and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class were assessed in 222 patients (67 ± 11 years, LVEF
Published: 2014
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32. THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO TROPONIN RATIO FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF PERIMYOCARDITIS FROM ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Author: Simcha R. Meisel, Aaron Frimerman, David S. Blondheim, Aya Asif, Rami Abu Fanne, Jamil Muhassen, Naama Amsalem, Michael Shochat, Yaniv Levi, Carmel Levin, and Avraham Shotan
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, biology, business.industry, C-reactive protein, Inflammation, Coronary disease, medicine.disease, Troponin, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, biology.protein, cardiovascular diseases, Myocardial infarction, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: It is frequently difficult to differentiate between perimyocarditis and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Diagnosis is usually established by excluding obstructive coronary disease. The primary process in perimyocarditis is inflammation, associated with high C-reactive protein (CRP) and low
Published: 2019
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33. INTRAVENOUS VERNAKALANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Author: Jameel Mohsen, Simcha R. Meisel, Mark Kazatsker, Avraham Shotan, and Ashkar Jalal
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Ventricular tissue, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Atrial fibrillation, Emergency department, Atrial tissue, Antiarrhythmic agent, medicine.disease, New onset atrial fibrillation, Vernakalant, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Internal medicine, cardiovascular system, medicine, Cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Recent onset
Abstract: Vernakalant is a novel antiarrhythmic agent with a preferential effect on atrial tissue and limited action on ventricular tissue. Intravenous vernakalant effectively converts recent onset atrial fibrillation; conversion is usually achieved quickly with a short half-life and allows early hospital
Published: 2019
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34. Ezetimibe added to statin therapy after acute coronary syndromes

Author: Cannon, Christopher P., Blazing, Michael A., Giugliano, Robert P., Mccagg, Amy, White, Jennifer A., Theroux, Pierre, Darius, Harald, Lewis, Basil S., Ophuis, Ton Oude, Jukema, J. Wouter, De Ferrari, Gaetano M., Ruzyllo, Witold, De Lucca, Paul, Kyungah, Im, Bohula, Erin A., Reist, Craig, Wiviott, Stephen D., Tershakovec, Andrew M., Musliner, Thomas A., Braunwald, Eugene, Califf, Musliner T, Robert M., Tershakovec, A, Gurfinkel, E, Aylward, P, Tonkin, A, Maurer, G, Van de Werf, F, Nicolau, Jc, Theroux, P, Genest, J, Armstrong, P, Corbalan, R, Isaza, D, Spinar, J, Grande, P, Voitk, J, Kesaniemi, A, Bassand, Jp, Farnier, M, Darius, H, Keltai, M, Mathur, A, Mittal, S, Reddy, K, Lewis, B, De Ferrari GM, Ophuis, To, Jukema, J, White, H, Pedersen, T, Britto, F, Ruzyllo, W, Carrageta, M, Duris, T, Dalby, A, Seung, Kb, Lopez-Sendon, J, Dellborg, M, Mach, F, Guneri, S, Parkhomenko, A, Brady, A, Cannon, C, Blazing, M, Ballantyne, C, de Lemos, J, Kleiman, N, Mcguire, Dk, Centeno, E, Casalins, M, Cartasegna, L, Beltrano, Mc, Guerrero, R, Fanuele, M, Berra, F, Egido, J, Colombo, H, Dellatorre, M, Terns, P, Blumberg, E, Reges, P, Azize, G, Ramos, H, Fernandez, R, Carlessi, C, Milesi, R, Schmuck, R, Duronto, E, Procopio, G, Carlevaro, O, Maffeo, H, Beloscar, J, Viso, M, Hominal, M, Castoldi, M, Bluguermann, J, Mauro, D, Macin, S, Cocco, N, Ruiz, N, Ricart, J, Lozada, A, Nani, S, Turri, D, Fernandez, H, Caruso, O, Zarandon, R, Bono, J, Arias, V, Allall, O, Marino, J, Cusimano, S, Schygiel, P, Buzetti, C, Penaloza, N, Berli, M, Worthley, S, Roach, A, Chew, D, Wright, T, Leitch, J, Hicks, E, Rankin, J, Venn-Edmonds, C, Lehman, R, Morrison, H, Shaw, J, Mak, V, Hii, C, Smith, K, Cross, D, Lilwall, L, Nelson, G, Loxton, A, Horowitz, J, Rose, J, Steinwender, C, Leisch, F, Kammler, J, Brussee, H, Zweiker, R, Niederl, E, Weihs, W, Giorgio, G, Lang, I, Drexel, H, Zanolin, D, Hoppe, U, Atzenhofer-Baumgartner, K, Pichler, M, Hainzer, D, Eber, B, Pichler, F, Foeger, B, Wechselberger, T, Mayr, H, Hofer, J, Stockenhuber, F, Warlits, B, Huber, K, Egger, F, Weidinger, F, Ziegler, B, Jirak, P, Metzler, B, Pachinger, O, Wanitschek, M, Auer, J, Grabscheit, G, 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Sharma, T., Orosz, S., Shah, R., Petrino, M., Hughes, M., Hershey, J., Hudock, D., Hui, P., Von Bakonyi, A., Arnold, A., Kappel, D., Pennock, G., Cloud, B., Tucker, K., Harp, L., Hoover, C., Eisenhauer, M., Roth, J., Young, C., Thai, H., Escalante, A., Bautista, J., Gazmuri, R., Nyland, J., Cubeddu, L., DeFranco, A., Dias, D., Fielding, M., Reeves, R., Hermany, P., Meissner-Dengler, S., Evans, M., Flores, E., Tannenbaum, A., McGarr, K., Moran, J., Stout, E., Allred, S., Henderson, D., Crandall, L., Strote, J., Voyles, W., Robeson, D., Bedoya, R., Omar, B., Pettyjohn, F., Revere, C., Coy, K., Margolis, J., Sotolongo, C., Scheffel, M., Munir, A., Shirwany, A., Douglas, L., Girala, R., Humphreys, R., Agarwal, J., Bankowski, D., Watson, R., Bishop, B., Klementowicz, P., Blais, D., Cohen, B., Lobur, E., Dimenna, J., Dempsey, K., Izzo, M., Bondi, L., Carell, E., Eaton, C., Saltiel, F., Grewal, G., Connolly, T., Little, T., Wiegman, P., Gips, S., Held, J., Paraschos, A., Quesada, R., Goudreau, E., Sears, M., Istfan, P., Holt, S., McClung, J., Nguyen, N., Quintana, O., Gottlieb, D., Knutson, T., Barringhaus, K., Lester, F., Sullivan, P., Rodriguez-Ospina, L., Cannon, Cp, Blazing, Ma, Giugliano, Rp, Mccagg, A, White, Ja, Theroux, P, Darius, H, Lewis, B, Ophuis, To, Jukema, Jw, De Ferrari, Gm, Ruzyllo, W, De Lucca, P, Im, K, Bohula, Ea, Reist, C, Wiviott, Sd, Tershakovec, Am, Musliner, Ta, Braunwald, E, Califf, Rm, for the IMPROVE-IT, Investigator, Cianflone, D, Cardiovascular Division (SZG), Brigham and Women's Hospital [Boston], College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Montreal Heart Institute (MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE), Laboratoire des Micro-algues toxiques, Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete] (ILM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Interuniversity Cardiology Institute Netherlands, Institute of Cardiology (WARSAW - Cardiology), Institute of Cardiology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck & Co. Inc, DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA SPECIALISTICA, DIAGNOSTICA E SPERIMENTALE, Facolta' di MEDICINA e CHIRURGIA, AREA MIN. 06 - Scienze mediche, Cannon, C.P., Blazing, M.A., Giugliano, R.P., Mccagg, A., White, J.A., Lewis, B.S., Jukema, J.W., De Lucca, P., Im, K., Bohula, E.A., Reist, C., Wiviott, S.D., Tershakovec, A.M., Musliner, T.A., Braunwald, E., Califf, R.M., for the IMPROVE-IT Investigators [.., C. Rapezzi, ], Other departments, Cannon, Christopher P, Blazing, Michael A., Giugliano, Robert P., Mccagg, Amy, White, Jennifer A., Theroux, Pierre, Darius, Harald, Lewis, Basil S., Ophuis, Ton Oude, Jukema, J. Wouter, De Ferrari, Gaetano M., Ruzyllo, Witold, De Lucca, Paul, Kyungah, Im, Bohula, Erin A., Reist, Craig, Wiviott, Stephen D., Tershakovec, Andrew M., Musliner, Thomas A., Braunwald, Eugene, and Califf, Robert M.
Subjects: Male, Simvastatin, acute coronary syndrome, aged, anticholesteremic agents, azetidines, cardiovascular diseases, cholesterol, ldl, double-blind method, drug therapy, combination, ezetimibe, female, humans, hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa reductase inhibitors, kaplan-meier estimate, male, middle aged, simvastatin, triglycerides, medicine (all, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Kaplan-Meier Estimate, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Bococizumab, Triglyceride, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Azetidine, Cardiovascular Disease, Anticholesteremic Agent, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Aged, Anticholesteremic Agents, Azetidines, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, LDL, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Middle Aged, Triglycerides, 030212 general & internal medicine, Medicine (all), Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Hazard ratio, General Medicine, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Aged, Anticholesteremic Agents, Azetidines, Cardiovascular Diseases, Ezetimibe, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Multicenter Study, Editorial, Cholesterol, Randomized Controlled Trial, Combination, Ezetimibe, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Human, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute Coronary Syndroms, Urology, Acute Coronary Syndrome/drug therapy, Anticholesteremic Agents/adverse effects, Anticholesteremic Agents/therapeutic use, Azetidines/adverse effects, Azetidines/therapeutic use, Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality, Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control, Cholesterol, LDL/blood, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/adverse effects, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Simvastatin/therapeutic use, Triglycerides/blood, NO, LDL, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, Drug Therapy, Internal medicine, Journal Article, medicine, Comparative Study, Alirocumab, business.industry, PCSK9, ta3121, Lomitapide, DOENÇAS CARDIOVASCULARES, Endocrinology, chemistry, Statin Therapy, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Statin therapy reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and the risk of cardiovascular events, but whether the addition of ezetimibe, a nonstatin drug that reduces intestinal cholesterol absorption, can reduce the rate of cardiovascular events further is not known.METHODS: We conducted a double-blind, randomized trial involving 18,144 patients who had been hospitalized for an acute coronary syndrome within the preceding 10 days and had LDL cholesterol levels of 50 to 100 mg per deciliter (1.3 to 2.6 mmol per liter) if they were receiving lipid-lowering therapy or 50 to 125 mg per deciliter (1.3 to 3.2 mmol per liter) if they were not receiving lipid-lowering therapy. The combination of simvastatin (40 mg) and ezetimibe (10 mg) (simvastatin-ezetimibe) was compared with simvastatin (40 mg) and placebo (simvastatin monotherapy). The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina requiring rehospitalization, coronary revascularization (≥30 days after randomization), or nonfatal stroke. The median follow-up was 6 years.RESULTS: The median time-weighted average LDL cholesterol level during the study was 53.7 mg per deciliter (1.4 mmol per liter) in the simvastatin-ezetimibe group, as compared with 69.5 mg per deciliter (1.8 mmol per liter) in the simvastatin-monotherapy group (PCONCLUSIONS: When added to statin therapy, ezetimibe resulted in incremental lowering of LDL cholesterol levels and improved cardiovascular outcomes. Moreover, lowering LDL cholesterol to levels below previous targets provided additional benefit. (Funded by Merck; IMPROVE-IT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00202878.).
Published: 2015
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35. Two-dimensional strain echocardiography for diagnosing chest pain in the emergency room: a multicentre prospective study by the Israeli echo research group

Author: David Rosenmann, David S. Blondheim, Mohamed Jabarren, Sara Shimoni, Avraham Shotan, Salim Adawi, David Leibowitz, Sorel Goland, Noah Liel-Cohen, Ronen Beeri, Lev Bloch, Sergio L. Kobal, Avinoam Shiran, Micha S. Feinberg, Marina Leitman, and Alex Sagie
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Chest Pain, Speckle tracking echocardiography, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Chest pain, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Cohort Studies, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Odds Ratio, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Systole, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Israel, Prospective cohort study, Aged, biology, business.industry, General Medicine, Emergency department, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Troponin, Surgery, Survival Rate, ROC Curve, Echocardiography, Cardiology, biology.protein, Female, medicine.symptom, Symptom Assessment, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Emergency Service, Hospital, Mace, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Aims Left ventricular (LV) two-dimensional longitudinal strain (2DLS) analysis by echocardiography has been suggested as a useful tool for the detection of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Our aim was to determine whether 2DLS analysis could assist in triage of patients with chest pain (CP) in the emergency department (ED). Methods and results We prospectively enrolled patients presenting to the ED with CP and suspected ACS but without a diagnostic ECG or elevated troponin. An echocardiogram was performed within 24 h of CP. For each patient, a histogram of LV myocardial peak systolic strain (PSS) was generated and the value identifying the 20% worst strain values (PSS20%) was determined. A predefined value of greater than −17% was considered abnormal. 2DLS analysis was available for 605 patients (mean age 58 ± 9 years, 70% males), of which 74 (12.2%) had ACS. During a 6-month follow-up, MACE occurred in 4 (5.8%) patients with and in 3 (0.6%) without ACS. An abnormal PSS20% was present in 60/74 patients with ACS (sensitivity 81%, negative predictive value 91%), but also in 391/531 patients without ACS (specificity 26%, positive predictive value 13%). Similar results were found for global longitudinal strain (GLS). Receiver-operating characteristic curves showed an area under curve of 0.59 for PSS20% and 0.6 for GLS ( P = 0.3). Independent predictors of abnormal 2DLS were male gender, body mass index, heart rate, and mean tissue Doppler e ′, but not ACS. Conclusion In this large multicentre prospective study, 2DLS was not a useful tool to rule out ACS in the ED. Clinical trial registration . Unique identifier NCT01163019.
Published: 2016

36. Rapid microscopy measurement of very large spectral images

Author: Moshe Lindner, Yuval Garini, and Zav Shotan
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Microscope, Materials science, business.industry, Hyperspectral imaging, Field of view, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectral imaging, law.invention, 010309 optics, Optical axis, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, medicine, Spectral resolution, 0210 nano-technology, business, Image resolution
Abstract: The spectral content of a sample provides important information that cannot be detected by the human eye or by using an ordinary RGB camera. The spectrum is typically a fingerprint of the chemical compound, its environmental conditions, phase and geometry. Thus measuring the spectrum at each point of a sample is important for a large range of applications from art preservation through forensics to pathological analysis of a tissue section. To date, however, there is no system that can measure the spectral image of a large sample in a reasonable time. Here we present a novel method for scanning very large spectral images of microscopy samples even if they cannot be viewed in a single field of view of the camera. The system is based on capturing information while the sample is being scanned continuously ‘on the fly’. Spectral separation implements Fourier spectroscopy by using an interferometer mounted along the optical axis. High spectral resolution of ~5 nm at 500 nm could be achieved with a diffraction-limited spatial resolution. The acquisition time is fairly high and takes 6-8 minutes for a sample size of 10mm x 10mm measured under a bright-field microscope using a 20X magnification.
Published: 2016

37. Pre-admission NT-proBNP improves diagnostic yield and risk stratification – the NT-proBNP for EValuation of dyspnoeic patients in the Emergency Room and hospital (BNP4EVER) study

Author: Michael Shochat, Avraham Shotan, Michael Glikson, James L. Januzzi, Shmuel Bar Haim, Jalal Ashkar, Moshe Sharist, Simcha R. Meisel, Pavel Peschansky, David S. Blondheim, and Margarita Medvedovski
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Discharge diagnosis, Pediatrics, Blinding, Acute decompensated heart failure, business.industry, medicine.drug_class, General Medicine, Emergency department, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, medicine.disease, Acute Heart Failure, Heart failure, Emergency medicine, Risk stratification, Natriuretic peptide, Medicine, Medical diagnosis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level is useful to diagnose or exclude acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in dyspnoeic patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).To evaluate the impact of ED NT-proBNP testing on admission, length of stay (LOS), discharge diagnosis and long-term outcome.Dyspnoeic patients were randomized in the ED to NT-proBNP testing. Admission and discharge diagnoses, and outcomes were examined.During 17 months, 470 patients were enrolled and followed for 2.0±1.3 years. ADHF likelihood, determined at study conclusion by validated criteria, established ADHF diagnosis as unlikely in 86 (17%), possible in 120 (24%), and likely in 293 (59%) patients. The respective admission rates in these subgroups were 80, 91, and 96%, regardless of blinding, and 61.9% of blinded vs. 74.5% of unblinded ADHF-likely patients were correctly diagnosed at discharge (p=0.029), with similar LOS. 2-year mortality within subgroups was unaffected by test, but was lower in ADHF-likely patients with NT-proBNP levels below median (5000 pg/ml) compared with those above median (p=0.002). Incidence of recurrent cardiac events tracked NT-proBNP levels.ED NT-proBNP testing did not affect admission, LOS, 2-year survival, or recurrent cardiac events among study patients but improved diagnosis at discharge, and allowed risk stratification even within the ADHF-likely group. (ClinicalTrials.gov#NCT00271128).
Published: 2012
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38. Use of intravenous morphine for acute decompensated heart failure in patients with and without acute coronary syndromes

Author: Zaza Iakobishvili, Avraham Shotan, David Hasdai, Eytan Cohen, Amir Sandach, Aviv Mager, Solomon Behar, Alexander Battler, Moshe Garty, and Shmuel Gottlieb
Subjects: Aspirin, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Acute decompensated heart failure, Exacerbation, business.industry, medicine.disease, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Heart failure, Heart rate, Emergency Medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Dyslipidemia, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background: Current guidelines regarding the use of intravenous morphine (IM) in the management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) are discordant; whereas the American guidelines reserve IM for terminal patients, the European guidelines recommend its use in the early stage of treatment. Our aim was to determine the impact of IM on outcomes of ADHF patients. Methods: Stepwise logistic regression and propensity score analysis of ADHF patients with and without use of IM was performed in a national heart failure survey. Results: Of the 4102 enrolled patients, we identified 2336 ADHF patients, of whom 218 (9.3%) received IM. IM patients were more likely to have acute coronary syndromes, acute rather than exacerbation of chronic heart failure, and diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia. They had higher heart rate, were less likely to receive diuretics and more likely to receive aspirin and statins. Unadjusted in-hospital mortality rates were 11.5% versus 5.0% for patients who did or did not r...
Published: 2011
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39. Outcomes of acute heart failure associated with acute coronary syndrome versus other causes

Author: Shmuel Gottlieb, Moshe Garty, Solomon Behar, David Hasdai, Zaza Iakobishvili, Amir Sandach, Aviv Mager, Avraham Shotan, Alexander Battler, Gabriel Greenberg, and Eytan Cohen
Subjects: Inotrope, Coronary angiography, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Mortality rate, Revascularization, medicine.disease, law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Heart failure, Emergency Medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Prospective cohort study, business
Abstract: Background: By and large, prior registries and randomized trials have not distinguished between acute heart failure (AHF) associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus other causes.Aims: To examine whether the treatments and outcomes of ACS-associated AHF are different from non-ACS-associated AHF.Methods: We examined in a prospective, nationwide hospital-based survey the adjusted outcomes of AHF patients with and without ACS as its principal cause.Results: Of the 4102 patients in our national heart failure survey, 2336 (56.9%) had AHF, of whom 923 (39.5%) had ACS-associated AHF. These patients were more likely to receive intravenous inotropes and vasodilators and to undergo coronary angiography and revascularization, but less likely to receive intravenous diuretics. The unadjusted in-hospital, 30-day, one-year, and four-year mortality rates for AHF patients with or without ACS were 6.5% versus 5.0% (P = 0.13), 10.3% versus 7.5% (P = 0.02), 26.6% versus 31.0% (P = 0.02), and 55.3% versus 63.3% (P = ...
Published: 2011
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40. A novel radiological score to assess lung fluid content during evolving acute heart failure in the course of acute myocardial infarction

Author: Avraham Shotan, Michael Shochat, David S. Blondheim, Aya Asif, Yoseph Rozenman, Victoria Trachtengerts, Simcha R. Meisel, Ilia Shochat, Mark Kazatsker, and Vladimir Gurovich
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Lung, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Radiological weapon, Heart failure, Edema, Internal medicine, Emergency Medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Myocardial infarction, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Chest radiograph, Lung impedance
Abstract: Background: Monitoring of lung fluid content (LFC) in order to predict acute heart failure (AHF) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an unmet challenge.Aim: To evaluate in AMI patients the ability of proposed radiological score (RS), which is the sum of selected radiological signs of congestion, to reflect correctly LFC, as assessed with repeat physical examinations and lung impedance (LI) measurements.Methods: Chest X-rays were taken at baseline, when rales were detected, whenever indicated, and at conclusion of monitoring. RS grading for LFC assessment was: RS = 0–1 for normal X-ray, RS = 2–4 for interstitial congestion, and RS values of 5–6, 7–8 and 9–10 signified mild, moderate and severe alveolar edema, respectively.Results: 624 AMI patients without AHF at baseline were monitored (94 ± 42 h). 476 patients (76%) with baseline RS of 0.3 ± 0.5 did not develop AHF. Overt AHF developed in 148 patients (24%) during monitoring; baseline RS (0.6 ± 0.8) reached 5.4 ± 0.7, 7.0 ± 0.8, and 9.8 ± 0.5 at t...
Published: 2011
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41. Predictors of long-term (4-year) mortality in elderly and young patients with acute heart failure

Author: Basil S. Lewis, Ilan Goldenberg, Alon Barsheshet, Eyal Zimlichman, Solomon Behar, Eytan Cohen, Amir Sandach, Shmuel Gottlieb, Avraham Shotan, Investigators, and Moshe Garty
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Renal function, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Risk Assessment, Ventricular Function, Left, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Confidence Intervals, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, Registries, Israel, Prospective cohort study, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Age Factors, Stroke Volume, Stroke volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Health Surveys, Surgery, Blood pressure, Heart failure, Multivariate Analysis, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Risk assessment, Glomerular Filtration Rate
Abstract: Aims The present study was designed to identify and compare predictors of short- and long-term mortality in elderly and young patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (HF). Methods and results The risk of in-hospital, 1- and 4-year mortality was assessed among 2336 acute HF patients in a prospective national survey. Interaction-term analysis was utilized to identify and compare independent risk factors between elderly (>75 years [n = 1182]) and younger (≤75 years [n = 1154]) study patients. Elderly patients exhibited a 1.8-fold (P = 0.004), 1.4-fold (P < 0.001), and 1.7-fold (P < 0.001) increase in the adjusted risk of in-hospital, 1-year, and 4-year mortality, respectively, as compared with younger patients. Independent risk factors for 4-year mortality among elderly patients included NYHA functional Class III–IV before admission (HR = 1.46, P < 0.001), systolic blood pressure
Published: 2010
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42. Collateral pressure and flow in acute myocardial infarction with total coronary occlusion correlate with angiographic collateral grade and creatine kinase levels

Author: Aaron Frimerman, Simcha R. Meisel, Yoseph Rozenman, Avraham Shotan, David S. Blondheim, Michael Shochat, Jacob Shani, and Aya Asif
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, Myocardial Infarction, Collateral Circulation, Coronary Angiography, Leukocyte Count, Coronary circulation, Coronary Circulation, Internal medicine, Angioplasty, medicine, Humans, Ventricular Function, Myocardial infarction, education, Creatine Kinase, education.field_of_study, biology, business.industry, Collateral circulation, medicine.disease, Coronary arteries, medicine.anatomical_structure, Coronary Occlusion, Coronary occlusion, biology.protein, Cardiology, Creatine kinase, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: The validity of angiographic collateral grade according to the Rentrop classification during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its relation to flow in occluded coronary arteries before angioplasty have never been evaluated.We assessed the validity of the angiographic collateral grade according to Rentrop classification in relation to collateral pressure and flow beyond occluded coronary arteries during AMI. Pressure distal to coronary artery occlusions before balloon dilatation was measured in 111 patients undergoing angioplasty for AMI. We calculated the collateral flow index (CFI) and compared it to observed Rentrop grade and measured creatine kinase sum.The values of pressure distal to coronary artery occlusions with respect to collateral grades 0 to 3 were 33 +/- 12, 37 +/- 13, 42 +/- 10, and 60 +/- 14 mm Hg (P.0001). Overall CFI was 0.35 +/- 0.13 (median 0.33), with CFI values of 0.3 +/- 0.13, 0.33 +/- 0.13, 0.39 +/- 0.1, and 0.57 +/- 0.2 for collateral grades 0 to 3, respectively (P.0001). Larger creatine kinase elevation (P.016) and higher white blood cell count (P.022) were recorded in the lowest tertile CFI compared with highest tertile CFI group; but no difference in the global, regional, or infarct-related regional left ventricular contraction was found.These observations demonstrate that the Rentrop classification is valid in AMI patients with occluded coronary arteries and that collaterals are recruited acutely. These collaterals, whose pressure-derived CFI during AMI was shown for the first time to be higher than its value reported in chronic conditions, may limit the immediate myocardial damage or the systemic inflammatory response. No impact on global or regional cardiac contraction was detected in a population where most patients were treated early.
Published: 2010
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43. Non-Invasive Lung IMPEDANCE-Guided Preemptive Treatment in Chronic Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial (IMPEDANCE-HF Trial)

Author: Aaron Frimerman, Simcha R. Meisel, Ilia Kleiner, Mark Kazatsker, Iris Dahan, Lubov Vasilenko, Yoseph Rozenman, Aya Asif, David S. Blondheim, Avraham Shotan, Jean Marc Weinstein, and Michael Shochat
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, New York Heart Association Class, Pulmonary Edema, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, High-Density Lipoproteins, Pre-beta, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Reference Values, Internal medicine, Confidence Intervals, Electric Impedance, Medicine, Outpatient clinic, Humans, Single-Blind Method, 030212 general & internal medicine, Diuretics, Survival analysis, Aged, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Stroke Volume, Stroke volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Survival Analysis, Confidence interval, Respiratory Function Tests, Hospitalization, Treatment Outcome, Heart failure, Chronic Disease, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Previous investigations have suggested that lung impedance (LI)-guided treatment reduces hospitalizations for acute heart failure (AHF). A single-blind 2-center trial was performed to evaluate this hypothesis (ClinicalTrials.gov-NCT01315223).The study population included 256 patients from 2 medical centers with chronic heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35% in New York Heart Association class II-IV, who were admitted for AHF within 12 months before recruitment. Patients were randomized to a control group treated by clinical assessment and a monitored group whose therapy was also assisted by LI, and followed for at least 12 months. Noninvasive LI measurements were performed with a new high-sensitivity device. Patients, blinded to their assignment group, were scheduled for monthly visits in the outpatient clinics. The primary efficacy endpoint was AHF hospitalizations; the secondary endpoints were all-cause hospitalizations and mortality.There were 67 vs 158 AHF hospitalizations during the first year (P .001) and 211 vs 386 AHF hospitalizations (P .001) during the entire follow-up among the monitored patients (48 ± 32 months) and control patients (39 ± 26 months, P = .01), respectively. During the follow-up, there were 42 and 59 deaths (hazard ratio 0.52, 95% confidence interval 0.35-0.78, P = .002) with 13 and 31 of them resulting from heart failure (hazard ratio 0.30, 95% confidence interval 0.15-0.58 P .001) in the monitored and control groups, respectively. The incidence of noncardiovascular death was similar.Our results seem to validate the concept that LI-guided preemptive treatment of chronic heart failure patients reduces hospitalizations for AHF as well as the incidence of heart failure, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality.
Published: 2015

44. Baseline characteristics of patients in the Reduction of Events with Darbepoetin alfa in Heart Failure trial (RED-HF)

Author: McMurray, J.J.V., Anand, I. S., Diaz, R., Maggioni, A. P., O'Connor, C., Pfeffer, M. A., Solomon, S. D., Tendera, M., van Veldhuisen, D. J., Albizem, M., Cheng, S., Scarlata, D., Swedberg, K., Young, J. 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Abstract: AIMS: This report describes the baseline characteristics of patients in the Reduction of Events with Darbepoetin alfa in Heart Failure trial (RED-HF) which is testing the hypothesis that anaemia correction with darbepoetin alfa will reduce the composite endpoint of death from any cause or hospital admission for worsening heart failure, and improve other outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS: Key demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings, along with baseline treatment, are reported and compared with those of patients in other recent clinical trials in heart failure. Compared with other recent trials, RED-HF enrolled more elderly [mean age 70 (SD 11.4) years], female (41%), and black (9%) patients. RED-HF patients more often had diabetes (46%) and renal impairment (72% had an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2). Patients in RED-HF had heart failure of longer duration [5.3 (5.4) years], worse NYHA class (35% II, 63% III, and 2% IV), and more signs of congestion. Mean EF was 30% (6.8%). RED-HF patients were well treated at randomization, and pharmacological therapy at baseline was broadly similar to that of other recent trials, taking account of study-specific inclusion/exclusion criteria. Median (interquartile range) haemoglobin at baseline was 112 (106-117) g/L. CONCLUSION: The anaemic patients enrolled in RED-HF were older, moderately to markedly symptomatic, and had extensive co-morbidity. Fil: McMurray, John J. V.. University of Glasgow; Reino Unido Fil: Anand, Inder S.. University of Minnesota; Estados Unidos Fil: Diaz, Rafael. Estudios Clínicos Latinoamérica; Argentina Fil: Maggioni, Aldo P.. Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri; Italia Fil: O'Connor, Christopher. University of Duke; Estados Unidos Fil: Pfeffer, Marc A.. Brigham and Women’s Hospita; Estados Unidos Fil: Solomon, Scott D.. Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Estados Unidos Fil: Tendera, Micha. Medical University of Silesia; Polonia Fil: van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.. University of Groningen; Países Bajos Fil: Moetaz, Albizem. Amgen Inc.; Estados Unidos Fil: Cheng, Sunfa. Amgen Inc.; Estados Unidos Fil: Scarlata, Debra. Amgen Inc.; Estados Unidos Fil: Swedberg, Karl. University of Gothenburg; Suecia Fil: Young, James B.. Cleveland Clinic. Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute; Estados Unidos Fil: Toblli, Jorge Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: RED-HF Committees Investigators. No especifíca
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45. Are hospitalized or ambulatory patients with heart failure treated in accordance with European Society of Cardiology guidelines? Evidence from 12 440 patients of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

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L., Fernandez Alvarez, M., Rivera Lopez, R., Lopez Fernandez, S., Alcade Martinez, V., Sanmartin, M., Pellicer Cabo, A., Garcia Escriva, D., Ridocci Soriano, F., Perez Silvestre, J., Facila Rubio, L., Garcia Gonzalez, P., Sanchez Lazaro, I. J., Almenar Bonet, L., Garcia Pinilla, J. M., Andres, Ulrike Julia, Bayes Genis, A., Roig, E., Mirabet, S., Mendez, A., Garcia Cosio, L., Garay, A., Muntane, G., Gonzalez Costello, J., Leon, V., Diaz Molina, B., Famara Hernandez, I., Lara Padron, A., Laynez Cerdena, I., Mateo, I., Quiles, J., Bertomeu, V., Elamrani, A., Angel Rodrigez Ortega, J., Martinez Abellan, R., Valero, R., Fernandez Vivancos, C., Sanz Julve, M., Perez Martinez, M. T., Pascual Figal, D. A., Martinez Martinez Espejo, M. D., Rosario Gracia Rodenas, M., Pastor Perez, F., Melin, M., Hägglund, E., Stenberg, A., Lindahl, I. M., Asserlund, B., Olsson, L., Dahlström, U., Afzelius, M., Karlström, P., Tengvall, L., Wiklund, P. A., Olsson, B., Temizhan, A., Kalayci, S., Bozkurt, M., Taraktas, M., Cavusoglu, Y., Gunes, H., Birhan Yilmaz, M., Demir, B., and Gencer, E.
Subjects: Registrie, Male, ACE inhibitors, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Nitrate, Beta-blockers, Ambulatory Care, Medicine, Registries, Diuretics, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist, Middle Aged, Defibrillators, Implantable, Clinical Practice, Europe, Hospitalization, Ambulatory, MRAs, Practice Guidelines as Topic, MRA, Cardiology, CRT, Female, Guideline Adherence, Implantable, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiotonic Agents, cardiology and cardiovascular mediciney, Mineralocorticoid Antagonists, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Heart failure, ICD, Aged, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, Heart Failure, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Nitrates, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Drug treatment, ACE inhibitor, Internal medicine, Diuretic, Cardiotonic Agent, In patient, Beta-blocker, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, business.industry, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor, beta-blockers, heart failure, adrenergic beta-antagonists, aged, ambulatory care, angiotensin receptor antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, cardiology, cardiotonic agents, defibrillators, implantable, diuretics, europe, female, guideline adherence, hospitalization, humans, hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa reductase inhibitors, male, middle aged, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, nitrates, platelet aggregation inhibitors, practice guidelines as topic, registries, Adrenergic beta-Antagonist, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Guideline, medicine.disease, Observational study, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, business, Defibrillators
Abstract: AimsTo evaluate how recommendations of European guidelines regarding pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for heart failure (HF) are adopted in clinical practice.Methods and resultsThe ESC-HF Long-Term Registry is a prospective, observational study conducted in 211 Cardiology Centres of 21 European and Mediterranean countries, members of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). From May 2011 to April 2013, a total of 12 440 patients were enrolled, 40.5% with acute HF and 59.5% with chronic HF. Intravenous treatments for acute HF were heterogeneously administered, irrespective of guideline recommendations. In chronic HF, with reduced EF, renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers, beta-blockers, and mineralocorticoid antagonists (MRAs) were used in 92.2, 92.7, and 67.0% of patients, respectively. When reasons for non-adherence were considered, the real rate of undertreatment accounted for 3.2, 2.3, and 5.4% of the cases, respectively. About 30% of patients received the target dosage of these drugs, but a documented reason for not achieving the target dosage was reported in almost two-thirds of them. The more relevant reasons for non-implantation of a device, when clinically indicated, were related to doctor uncertainties on the indication, patient refusal, or logistical/cost issues.ConclusionThis pan-European registry shows that, while in patients with acute HF, a large heterogeneity of treatments exists, drug treatment of chronic HF can be considered largely adherent to recommendations of current guidelines, when the reasons for non-adherence are taken into account. Observations regarding the real possibility to adhere fully to current guidelines in daily clinical practice should be seriously considered when clinical practice guidelines have to be written. © 2013 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Published: 2013

46. Thrombolysis-facilitated primary percutaneous coronary intervention as a therapeutic approach to stent thrombosis

Author: Lubov Vasilenko, Aya Asif, Avraham Shotan, Mark Kazatsker, Yaniv Levi, Aaron Frimerman, Simcha R. Meisel, Michael Shochat, and David S. Blondheim
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Disease, Coronary Angiography, Therapeutic approach, Electrocardiography, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Internal medicine, Coronary Circulation, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Aged, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Thrombosis, General Medicine, Thrombolysis, Middle Aged, Coronary arteries, surgical procedures, operative, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, Conventional PCI, Angiography, Cardiology, Female, Stents, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, TIMI, Artery
Abstract: Stent thrombosis is a clinically significant event occurring days to weeks or, infrequently, months or years after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Current therapeutic approach is immediate PCI aimed to recanalize the occluded artery in order to restore flow and diminish irreversible myocardial damage.We evaluated the coronary patency, TIMI flow and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMPG) in 6 patients presenting with STEMI due to stent thrombosis treated by thrombolysis followed by immediate PCI. These were compared with control patients treated conventionally by primary PCI.Immediate or early coronary angiography in the treatment group showed good coronary flow in 5 of 6 implicated arteries, whereas immediate angiography in the control group demonstrated 8 completely occluded coronary arteries of 9 with stent thrombosis. The pre-intervention TIMI flow in the control study group was 0.2±0.5 (median-0), and TMPG was 0.1±0.3 (median-0) compared with 2.1±1.1 (median-2.3, p0.001) and 1.8±1.0 (median-2, p0.001) in the treatment group, respectively. This striking difference in the rate of coronary patency, pre-procedural TIMI flow and TMPG, however, did not translate into better cardiac function in the treatment group.These findings suggest that thrombolysis-facilitated PCI may confer benefit and need not be considered contraindicated when treating stent thrombosis. This therapeutic approach should be evaluated as a viable therapeutic approach to stent thrombosis.
Published: 2015

47. Aortic dimensions by multi-detector computed tomography vs. echocardiography

Author: Michael Shochat, Aya Asif, Yair Glick, Avraham Shotan, Simcha R. Meisel, Abdel-Rauf Zeina, David S. Blondheim, Lubov Vassilenko, and Alicia Nachtigal
Subjects: Aortic arch, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Computed tomography, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Aortography, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.artery, Ascending aorta, Multidetector Computed Tomography, medicine, Humans, Body Weights and Measures, Cardiac skeleton, Aorta, Aged, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Multi detector computed tomography, Echo (computing), Reproducibility of Results, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Middle Aged, 030228 respiratory system, Echocardiography, Aortic Valve, cardiovascular system, Female, Aortic diameter, Radiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: Objective Clinical follow-up of aortic dimensions is performed interchangeably by multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) and by cardiac echocardiography (ECHO). This study assesses the relationship between measurements of the aortic diameter by MDCT and ECHO at various predetermined locations using several methods. Methods The aortic diameter was measured at 6 locations between the aortic annulus and the aortic arch in 49 patients who underwent both MDCT and ECHO. Measurements were performed by three methods: internal-to-internal edge (INT), external-to-internal edge (MIX), and external-to-external edge (EXT). Measurements by MDCT and ECHO were made by an experienced radiologist and cardiologist, respectively, both blinded to results and images from the other modality. Results The average aortic diameter at all locations was significantly different between the MDCT and ECHO by all three methods (INT: 30.0 ± 5.8 mm vs. 27.8 ± 5.9 mm; MIX: 31.5 ± 5.8 mm vs. 30.8 ± 5.8 mm; EXT: 32.9 ± 6.6 mm vs. 33.8 ± 6.5 mm, p
Published: 2015

48. Internal thoracic impedance monitoring: a novel method for the preclinical detection of acute heart failure

Author: Aaron Frimerman, Simcha R. Meisel, Avraham Shotan, Gideon Charach, Shmuel Meyler, Paul Rabinovich, Mark Kazatzker, Morris Mosseri, and Michael Shochat
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Baseline level, Cardiography, Impedance, Thoracic impedance, Internal medicine, Edema, Humans, Medicine, Stage (cooking), Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Heart Failure, Lung, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Surgery, Logistic Models, medicine.anatomical_structure, Heart failure, Acute Disease, Cardiology, Feasibility Studies, Female, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Preclinical stage, business, Algorithms
Abstract: Acute heart failure (AHF) evolves through two phases. In the first phase, there is interstitial congestion with no clinical sign of edema (preclinical phase); the second, during which lung alveoli begin to fill with fluid, manifests as clinically overt alveolar edema. Treatment of AHF at its preclinical phase can alleviate its clinical impact. Presently, there is no technique that detects the interstitial phase of AHF. We used a device based on a new method of lung bioimpedance measurement. The device measures internal thoracic impedance (ITI), which nearly equals inherent lung bioimpedance. This method can detect small changes in lung fluid that occur during the interstitial stage of AHF.The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the said new method in detecting preclinical AHF.Internal thoracic impedance and pertinent clinical parameters were monitored for 72 h in 403 patients hospitalized for an acute coronary syndrome without evidence of AHF at study entry.Seventy patients developed AHF during monitoring. Internal thoracic impedance decreased in these patients by 16.4% (95% CI=-12.2% to -20.6%; P.0001) from the baseline level at 44+/-15.1 min prior to the onset of lung rales. The other 333 patients had no clinical sign of AHF, and their ITI declined only by 4.5% (95% CI=2.5% to -11.5%; P=.3) compared with the baseline level.The new method for ITI measurement is sufficiently sensitive in detecting AHF at its preclinical stage. An ITI decrease of more than 12% heralds the appearance of clinically overt AHF and, thus, allows earlier therapy.
Published: 2006
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49. Relation of Left Atrial Size to Function as Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Author: Simcha R. Meisel, Michael Shochat, Aaron Frimerman, Avraham Shotan, David S. Blondheim, and Aya Osipov
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Chi-Square Distribution, business.industry, Left atrium, Reproducibility of Results, Fractional shortening, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Left atrial, Internal medicine, Circulatory system, medicine, Cardiology, Humans, Atrial Function, Left, Female, Heart Atria, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Heart atrium, Stroke, Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Abstract: One hundred thirty-nine patients who underwent transesophageal echocardiographic studies were grouped by their maximal left atrial (LA) volumes, and their stroke volumes, emptying fractions, and fractional shortening were calculated. In large atria, an inverse relation was found between further increases in LA volume and LA function, determined by emptying fractions and fractional shortening.
Published: 2005
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50. Fluid overload contributing to heart failure

Author: David S. Blondheim, Michael Shochat, Marc Kazatsker, Samir Dacca, Simcha R. Meisel, and Avraham Shotan
Subjects: Nesiritide, Heart transplantation, Transplantation, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiac output, Aldosterone, Heart disease, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, medicine.disease, Hypertonic saline, chemistry.chemical_compound, Endocrinology, chemistry, Nephrology, Heart failure, Internal medicine, Extracellular fluid, medicine, Cardiology, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background In advanced heart failure, the compensatory responses to reduced cardiac output, in spite of fluid retention, lead to maladaptive consequences. Methods We performed a Medline survey for fluid overload and heart failure as well as reviewing textbook chapters. Results The increased sympathetic nervous system, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and antidiuretic hormone stimulation and release lead to a vicious cycle--augmenting pre-load, contractility and after-load, as well as increased fluid overload. The elevated work load on an already failed cardio-circulatory system results in further deterioration. Plasma volume is usually increased in untreated patients with increased extracellular fluid. However, it may range from reduced to increased in treated patients. Currently, diuretics remain the initial first line of therapy. In refractory cases, restoring plasma volume and osmolality, by adding albumin or hypertonic saline solutions, neurohormonal antagonists such as vasopressin receptors antagonists, aldosterone antagonists, or administration of nesiritide, may help in overcoming fluid overload. Conclusion Exact measurement of plasma volume in various forms of heart failure and adjusting the treatment accordingly, establishing favourable and detrimental effects of various therapies, and introducing additional and new therapeutic options require further investigation.
Published: 2005
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